Comments on: Wireless music for home entertainments http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/09/15/wireless-music-for-home-entertainments/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/09/15/wireless-music-for-home-entertainments/comment-page-1/#comment-1060847 Toronto Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:02:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5491#comment-1060847 Imagine being one of those early listeners, listening in on your bakelite headphones, transcribing Morse just for fun, when suddenly a voice came on and said 'test, test" and played some album oriented rock (or whatever.) Okay, that was in 1906. By '22 the broadcasts were a lot more regular. These add-on amps and speakers would let you share it with the family (the music and voice - not the Morse. A little dah-dit goes a long way as family entertainment.) Imagine being one of those early listeners, listening in on your bakelite headphones, transcribing Morse just for fun, when suddenly a voice came on and said ‘test, test” and played some album oriented rock (or whatever.) Okay, that was in 1906. By ‘22 the broadcasts were a lot more regular.

These add-on amps and speakers would let you share it with the family (the music and voice – not the Morse. A little dah-dit goes a long way as family entertainment.)

]]> By: Anne http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/09/15/wireless-music-for-home-entertainments/comment-page-1/#comment-1060839 Anne Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:28:17 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5491#comment-1060839 Ah! That would make sense, George. I hadn't even thought about that. Ah! That would make sense, George. I hadn’t even thought about that.

]]> By: George http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/09/15/wireless-music-for-home-entertainments/comment-page-1/#comment-1060836 George Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:08:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5491#comment-1060836 Maybe they meant the news reports are spoken English instead being transmitted in Morse code. Maybe they meant the news reports are spoken English instead being transmitted in Morse code.

]]> By: Anne http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/09/15/wireless-music-for-home-entertainments/comment-page-1/#comment-1060832 Anne Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:05:01 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5491#comment-1060832 I like the "news reports in plain English" part. What else would the news reports be in? I like the “news reports in plain English” part. What else would the news reports be in?

]]> By: Charlene http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/09/15/wireless-music-for-home-entertainments/comment-page-1/#comment-1060798 Charlene Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:27:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5491#comment-1060798 Hard to realize that to our grandparents radio was as amazing a concept as wireless internet radio is to us. Hard to realize that to our grandparents radio was as amazing a concept as wireless internet radio is to us.

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