Hi-Fi Stereo Time Capsule 1979 Radio Shack Catalog - ASMR

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  • Relax and drift off to sleep as I flip through a 1979 Radio Shack catalog and comment on the items within.
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  • @LouiePlaysDrums
    @LouiePlaysDrums Рік тому +82

    Arthur Fiedler passed away in 1979, the same year as the catalog you're showing. He was a great conductor and showman, very dynamic.

  • @Yisrael_Teshuvah
    @Yisrael_Teshuvah Рік тому +8

    Hearing your voice makes me so happy. I’ve been going through a lot recently. My sister just passed from cancer and it’s really getting to me. Listening to you helps calm me. Like sitting next to a cozy fire. I hope to find a man with a voice like yours to fall asleep to someday. Edited: (I found one he’s very sweet his name is Chris.)

  • @pegschr
    @pegschr 15 днів тому

    I can't tell you how much I love listening to your voice, both soothing and calming as well as stimulating at the same time don't ask me how, you definitely have a gift in your voice which would be perfect for an audiobook reader

  • @bigtoke9456
    @bigtoke9456 Рік тому +67

    You’re one of the OG’s of the ASMR game! I always love seeing an upload from you.

    • @RowanMackenzie
      @RowanMackenzie Рік тому +14

      Most people seem to watch female ASMRtists, but I've found myself almost exclusively watch male creators for some reason. This guy, Ephemeral Rift, FredsVoice, TheFrenchWhisperer, ASMRctica, etc

    • @thesavannalady
      @thesavannalady Рік тому +2

      @@RowanMackenzie Same. Except for Yang Haiying who I started watching as a recommendation from Mr. Relaxing ASMR years ago!

    • @b0yh0wdee
      @b0yh0wdee Рік тому +3

      @@RowanMackenzie me too. I've found lloyd asmr, ephemeral rift, and relaxing asmr to be, in my opinion, the best of the best.

    • @deekaym836
      @deekaym836 Рік тому +2

      Facts, I must of been listening to this channel for near a decade now

    • @oliveruschmann2644
      @oliveruschmann2644 Рік тому +3

      Definitely. It's the by far best refuge from the harshness of the world. An unbelievable Cocoon for the soul.

  • @OGSinisterPotato
    @OGSinisterPotato Рік тому +3

    I've noticed a old/expensive tech was just built way better. If you actually opened your devices up, they'd be so precisely, intricately and masterfully designed. People took pride in their inventions.
    Another great video!

  • @TavernBrawler
    @TavernBrawler Рік тому +9

    This is the type of unique content I want, thanks, sir. I dunno how to describe what nostalgia synapse this is tickling, but oh man. This is fantastic. And relaxing.

  • @ManimalYT
    @ManimalYT Рік тому +8

    This is decades before I was even born, somehow it makes it more relaxing. Great ASMR.

  • @Kaitmanda
    @Kaitmanda Рік тому +4

    So happy to see a video from you tonight! My grandparents owned a Radio Shack when I was little so this was fun to listen to.

  • @scottc.7541
    @scottc.7541 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the blast from the past. I remember ALWAYS stopping by the Radio Shack every time we were at the mall. I had forgotten about the room of speakers that each store had until you mentioned "pressing the buttons" at the store.

  • @b0yh0wdee
    @b0yh0wdee Рік тому +3

    I watch many asmr channels on UA-cam. When I absolutely can not sleep I can always count on the relaxing asmr channel. This video was delightful. It deeply relaxed me and then I heard a kitty cat meow and a smile slowly spread across my face. The cat only improved the video sir. 😀

  • @FormulaKimball
    @FormulaKimball Рік тому +2

    My mom had a Realistic system back in the early 80s... I made a LOT of mix tapes with it. The tape deck had a record level so you could get the saturation of the tape JUST right for the music you were recording (and also eliminate start and stop noise)... And I do miss those diamond lattice wood speakers. Crazy to think everything in here costs 4x as much in today's dollars! But yeah, this whole catalog brings back so many memories! Thanks, awesome video!

  • @StarOfArtemis
    @StarOfArtemis Рік тому +13

    Not much makes me happier than opening youtube and seeing a new video from you!

  • @mr.terwilliger5728
    @mr.terwilliger5728 Рік тому +2

    I have one of these in mint condition. It is a true pleasure to listen to. Something about the amplification/speakers playing the classical music channel feels almost healing

  • @Hartmutundich
    @Hartmutundich Рік тому +7

    Even if it's a digital catalog without paper flipping, this format is wonderful. Whatever you do, you're staying the GOAT of ASMR!

  • @audhen1
    @audhen1 Рік тому +3

    Quality is top notch! Thank you for recording!

  • @MiMicheIIe
    @MiMicheIIe Рік тому +2

    Kind of interesting to see that despite housing prices and car prices being so sky high nowadays, there *are* things that have gotten a LOT cheaper since then! 230 dollars gets you 100 watts per channel now, at 0.2 percent THD. That would've been only 55 dollars back then, wow.

  • @AngellicAkima
    @AngellicAkima Рік тому +5

    I am so happy whenever I see your uploads, it doesn't matter what the subject is because you never fail to make me sleepy. I hope you and your family are well, thank you for your content

  • @christy2443
    @christy2443 Рік тому +3

    First asmrist ive watched

  • @tackyman2011
    @tackyman2011 Рік тому +2

    I was there and I can confirm without a doubt:
    We ALWAYS wore formals to listen to records at home.

  • @meowzic
    @meowzic 8 місяців тому +1

    My grandfather had one of these while setups next to his favorite armchair in the family room with all his cassettes and records organized next to the system.

  • @Snoozeknights
    @Snoozeknights Рік тому +1

    This was awesome! I really enjoy going through stuff like this with you, I was a big fan of the other videos like this happy to see more. Thank you! Also the new set up sounds awesome!

  • @meowzic
    @meowzic 8 місяців тому +1

    I miss RadioShack especially finding electronic components and trying to build something

  • @davestvwatching2408
    @davestvwatching2408 11 місяців тому

    One of my brothers had a Pioneer receiver from 1976 or so up until 2020. It was replaced with an Echo Studio. Another brother had a 20 watt Pioneer and some RS speakers.
    The nice part about the RS speakers is that they had real veneer cabinets so even if they sounded horrible they were nice furniture.

  • @nickborrrego
    @nickborrrego Рік тому +1

    I remember Radio Shack, fun to watch your take on a vintage catalogue from them!

  • @franciscorivas3322
    @franciscorivas3322 Рік тому +1

    Great video going down memory lane, 79 was also the height of the Boombox Era, where Sanyo, panasonic and JVC ruled these electronics had character, class and power, again Great video

  • @BuddhistProdigy
    @BuddhistProdigy Рік тому +1

    The unexpected sequel to my favorite video of yours, the Radio Shack catalog! Thank you!

  • @fintimwhimbim
    @fintimwhimbim Рік тому +1

    This breaks me up! Regardless of the ASMR aspect, the dialogue is hilarious. Long live Tandy! To this day I have never considered harmonic distortion as a "thing" to be worried about in stereo systems. Great vid. Anyone remember the "battery club"?

  • @benek6439
    @benek6439 Рік тому +2

    Thank you relaxing ASMR for very relaxing videos. I've been watching you since I can remember, I wish you all the best and greetings from Poland
    🐕🐨💤

  • @grantklubert1887
    @grantklubert1887 Рік тому +2

    Arthur Fiedler actually passed away in July of 1979 the same year this magazine was released.

  • @jssandler
    @jssandler Рік тому

    As a teenager in the 90's, I played around with my dad's stereo system and record player, which resembled some of these and played some of his records, the Beetles, Buffalo Springfield. In the digital age all of this bulky equipment seems a bit funny now to the average music listener, but in truth, the sound quality was far better than today's tinny sounding "airpods". You can actually feel the music on one of those systems and it's a much more "live" experience. That said, hard to beat blue tooth ear buds when you're on a hike or riding a bike for sheer portable convenience.

  • @superscope27
    @superscope27 Рік тому +4

    My dad has that exact stereo. It still works beautifully. Not sure how much he paid for it.

  • @chetthebee1322
    @chetthebee1322 Рік тому +3

    I still own a 1970's Radio Shack/Realistic stereo system. Realistic was actually made by Marantz.

    • @royalcityjazz
      @royalcityjazz Рік тому +1

      Yes exactly, me too, I still have a Realistic stereo system (pg six of this catalogue "better" system) I bought with all the money I earned from a summer job back in 1980... and it keeps on sounding great. All the buttons work, even all the lighting. I didn't know they were made by Marantz.

  • @verite
    @verite Рік тому +2

    That $599 receiver would be about $2200 now. Interesting how the prices for a ‘midfi’ system have stayed consistent despite all the new technology.

  • @thegreatdominion949
    @thegreatdominion949 Рік тому +1

    Peter Nero was most famous for performing the theme from the 1971 movie "Summer of '42".

  • @KIETSLY
    @KIETSLY Рік тому +3

    Yay!! Another video!! Glad you made this!! Hope you’re doing well, my grandmother was recently put in the nursing home and your videos have been helping me cope with it. Thank you!!

  • @MacquarieRidge
    @MacquarieRidge Рік тому +1

    Haven't even watched this yet and it's already going in my favorites playlist. Love me some 70s hifi :)

  • @kevronkawasaki5701
    @kevronkawasaki5701 Рік тому +1

    Very entertaining video as I am also a fan of stereo equipment and long time viewer keep up the good work.

  • @kylekm546
    @kylekm546 Рік тому +1

    Nice job, but I prefer the sound of paper pages turning as with your old Radio Shack catalog.

  • @adamwarlock3530
    @adamwarlock3530 Рік тому +1

    My older brother bought me those Nova pro headphone for $34.95 for christmas in '79. They sounded great. 20:50

  • @condovo
    @condovo Рік тому +1

    First, your videos are amazing. I'm a big fan. Second, the sound quality on this video was lower that others. It wasn't balanced in my AirBuds and the volume was kind of low. I don't mean to criticize. Just giving feedback. And the issues could be on my end.

  • @factenter6787
    @factenter6787 Рік тому +2

    I used to build electronic kits from RS back in the 80s

  • @nannerz1994
    @nannerz1994 8 місяців тому +1

    One of these days you got to explain the spinning knife to us lol

  • @_kurbur
    @_kurbur Рік тому +1

    Dang, YT didn’t notify me as soon he uploaded. Glad to see you again

  • @donkeydan5996
    @donkeydan5996 Рік тому +1

    Love these old magazine asmrs

  • @SonyUSA
    @SonyUSA Рік тому +1

    I really really enjoyed this one! Can you do more old electronic/radio shack magazines?

  • @thesavannalady
    @thesavannalady Рік тому +2

    Absolutely lovely video. I think the format works very well. I have never understood what an 8-track is or how it works. Do they hold eight tracks? Are they solid or made with tape? Such a mystery lol. Thanks again for another fantastic video.

    • @RelaxingASMR
      @RelaxingASMR  Рік тому +2

      8 track has 4 channels. Each channel is stereo so 4x2=8 individual tracks on a continuous loop of magnetic tape much like a cassette uses except wider to accommodate all those tracks. It’s all encased in a cartridge that you just shove into the player and it begins playing which ever track is lined up with the play head. Punching the channel button repositions the play head to the next of 4 channels (makes a nice “ker-chunk” sound when it does that. Search for 8 track on my channel.

    • @thesavannalady
      @thesavannalady Рік тому

      @@RelaxingASMR Thank you so much! I just saw you have an 8 track video. I will check it out!

  • @8Corpse1Allergy8
    @8Corpse1Allergy8 Рік тому +1

    my grandpa was an east la gang member in the 60s-80s and would steal stereos from cars and from homes and other stuff . He regrets it now

  • @toneyisaiah3556
    @toneyisaiah3556 Рік тому +1

    I like the classic ads.

  • @reded23
    @reded23 Рік тому +1

    The subject is perfect, wishing for more like this….but I wish the magazine was real for the page turning

  • @bubbleblows7498
    @bubbleblows7498 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for another great video. Hope your wife is feeling better. ❤☺️

  • @grantklubert1887
    @grantklubert1887 Рік тому +1

    $500 is about $2,072 in todays money. I couldn’t imagine spending that much on just a receiver 🤯🤯🤯🤯. Truly unbelievable. And I thought $150 on mine was expensive. Sheesh

  • @OhBey1
    @OhBey1 Рік тому +1

    You subtract the 0.2 from 0.5 =
    0.3 … love your videos

  • @cubbykovu8955
    @cubbykovu8955 11 місяців тому +1

    nice I has a set of wharfdale dovedale 3 from 1971 very beautiful speakers and a nice separates system i saved up for and posh headphones tooo

    • @RelaxingASMR
      @RelaxingASMR  11 місяців тому +1

      Excellent speakers those 3s are. You probably already know that a new Dovedale model has been released that was inspired by the Dovedale III speakers that you have.

    • @cubbykovu8955
      @cubbykovu8955 11 місяців тому

      ​@@RelaxingASMR OhThanks they do sound AMAZING :D hhaha oh yes they have and the Lintons too :) but I reckon they wont be as good because they werent made in the 70s hahaha :)

  • @chezsnailez
    @chezsnailez Рік тому +1

    That $599 receiver would cost $2480.34 today. That $1329 system would cost $5494.40 today...
    A 1979 $1 in 1979 would equal $4.13 in today's money... (23¢ today would've been worth a dollar back in '79)

  • @iamSelfSufficient
    @iamSelfSufficient Рік тому

    I honestly wasn’t expecting those prices. That’s expensive even today.

  • @misstoxik01
    @misstoxik01 Рік тому +1

    love the video ❤

  • @zachgoertz6444
    @zachgoertz6444 Рік тому +1

    I have a realistic sta-2000 from 1978 and worked great until it died a few months back

  • @thothheartmaat2833
    @thothheartmaat2833 Рік тому +1

    i have a unit that looks like what you showed in the thumbnail and used it as my main unit when i recorded an album probably a decade ago when the thing was probably 30 years old...

    • @thothheartmaat2833
      @thothheartmaat2833 Рік тому +1

      i found mine for free when someone was throwing it away.. i picked it up lickety split..

  • @FriedBuffaloChickenWings
    @FriedBuffaloChickenWings Рік тому +2

    Reminds me of the kinds my grandpa always used to bring down and listen to the weather on 😊

  • @ThePerfectSeason1972
    @ThePerfectSeason1972 Рік тому +1

    I miss radio shack

  • @lordcupcake7215
    @lordcupcake7215 Рік тому +1

    $1329 in 1979 would be $5,507 today

  • @bbtank3000
    @bbtank3000 Рік тому +1

    Just in time for bed.

  • @MichaelJBrar
    @MichaelJBrar Рік тому

    Brother, you're the best in the ASMR business 🙌🏼
    Your new format for scanning through books on a computer is excellent, but the audio quality has somehow become much worse
    Are you able to potentially use a higher-quality microphone?

  • @ophirmayer1
    @ophirmayer1 11 місяців тому

    You did that one 10 years ago :=)

  • @Rosko333
    @Rosko333 9 місяців тому

    By the way, Peter Nero passed away in July of this year (2023).

  • @IMelkor42
    @IMelkor42 Рік тому +1

    Thought this was a Techmoan video when it first appeared

  • @marysmusicaljourney2.0
    @marysmusicaljourney2.0 Рік тому +1

    Yessssss!❤

  • @raulio81
    @raulio81 10 місяців тому +1

    I don't mind the cat

  • @sunshineandshadow4560
    @sunshineandshadow4560 Рік тому +1

    The year I was born.

  • @ASM-RADIO
    @ASM-RADIO Рік тому +1

    Tell me if I'm wrong but those all in one systems would be well over 1k inntodays market! The price conversion is disgusting

  • @meowzic
    @meowzic 8 місяців тому

    What were your favorite albums of that time?

    • @RelaxingASMR
      @RelaxingASMR  8 місяців тому

      Breakfast in America - Supertramp
      Micheal Jackson - Off the Wall
      The B52's
      Pink Floyd - The Wall
      Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
      Eagles - The Long Run

  • @philmagnotta5553
    @philmagnotta5553 Рік тому

    the distortion figures...stereo/mono are for the tuner or radio NOT for the aux amp

  • @meowzic
    @meowzic 8 місяців тому

    What was your first car?

  • @chickitychina100
    @chickitychina100 Рік тому

    According to the inflation calculator $1329 dollars in 1979 is about $5500 2023.

  • @dominicdavison8590
    @dominicdavison8590 Рік тому +1

    Before the Japanese global domination of electronics in the 80s.

  • @cubbykovu8955
    @cubbykovu8955 11 місяців тому +1

    No they are RECORDS :D vinyls is a silly word I have 5000 Cds and 500 records

  • @functionatthejunction
    @functionatthejunction 10 місяців тому

    599 dollars for a Realistic? Were they smoking crack?!

  • @danny-li6io
    @danny-li6io Рік тому

    Anyone else’s screen turns white every time he flips pages? WTH?

  • @nerdiep3456
    @nerdiep3456 Рік тому +1

    Did you say 20000 dollars in todays money?? It’s not right there mister.
    Ok now I heard 3000 dollars. Yes it is more right 👍

  • @samfeldman1508
    @samfeldman1508 Рік тому +1

    Reel to Reel? Isn’t that what Mozart used?

  • @samfeldman1508
    @samfeldman1508 Рік тому +1

    10-4 good buddy.

  • @stephenv6054
    @stephenv6054 Рік тому

    Robert Redford could have played a good Trump if that reality was ever an option.