>Delivered-To: erikg@8
>Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 19:57:46 EST
>From: GlesneM@aol.com
>Subject: Re: record playing sound van
>To: <andreim@its.caltech.edu>
>Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>
>
>Just a little heads up on this. i had bought it without trying it
>first and was quite disapointed in it. The sound was basically
>inaudible (and I am no audiophile)- think that high-pitched mickey
>mouse toy where you pull the string. i don't know if i got a bad
>one or what but buyers beware.
>
>Matt
>
>for all you gadget headz, check out this little gizmo being sold by
> dustygroove.com (for $80, i might add):
> http://www.dustygroove.com/misc.htm#4561
>
> Very very cool! You may have seen the Vinyl Killer featured in a recent
> issue of Grand Royal, but if you haven't, here's the scoop: It's a cool
> little Hot Wheels-type van that actually drives around your record and
> plays music out of a self-contained speaker! It's got big rubber wheels,
> an internal motor, and a needle on the bottom that holds the van in the
> groove and which tracks the music. Watch the van drive to the middle of
> the record in slowly descending curves, and hear it play the record while
> it makes the trip! Honestly the coolest thing we've ever seen, and it
> comes in two colors (red or blue). Another great Dusty Groove product for
> the music lover!
>
> andrei
Got one for myself, and one for my brother (too bad they didn't have
a tan colored one to match his 1970 bus. They seem most happy on
hip-hop--or at least the Beastie Boys. Unfortunately they only play
33 records, but, it certianly is fun to play with.
erik g
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