something we have the chance of courtesy of [DiodeGoneWild], who’s fixing a 1980s Soviet cassette recorder. The model in question is a Vesna 309, and it has some audio issues and doesn’t turn ...

Blank CDs were $40 each at the time and could only be recorded once, making them unattractive compared to cheaper rewritable cassette tapes. By 1992, CD recorders were still priced upward of $ ...