Forty years ago CD players were the cool new thing. The first machines were amazing technological marvels with interesting designs. But when it came to launching the second generation players most manufacturers' models started to look pretty similar. In this video I'll explain what happened and then show that there were some exceptions - you just needed to think outside the (oblong) box. I then go on to demonstrate the exception(al) CD player I bought - a Technics SL-P1200.
00:00 Show me the media
02:52 Things started off well
04:34 But then this happened
06:32 So I bought this
07:32 But I really wanted this
08:53 Let’s look at the SL-P1200
10:34 How quick
11:15 So what can it do
16:11 Summary
16:56 Patreon credits
