Retro-Tech: The 1972 Desktop Music Vault

A Retro HiFi video - featuring the Panasonic RS-296US - a very unusual cassette tape player from the early 1970s. CLICK ’SHOW MORE’ TO REVEAL ALL THE TEXT! The 2.5 days of music that Panasonic quoted on their advert is roughly similar in play time to the 1000 songs in your pocket that the first 5GB Apple iPod boasted in 2001. In 1972 you could load this 40lb machine up with 20 cassettes containing your choice of music and listen to hundreds of tracks over many hours without repetition. Effectively it’s a