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Here 5 stars for our visitors! You will find the good reviews about our shop here, but they can be found online overall. We really appreciate the opportunity to drive it. What a celebration, so that every day is filled with positive reports and pleasant meetings. The convenience online and in the store makes it particularly pleasant for us as a team to do so. We fully enjoy the shop and are confident that this will always be possible thanks to the sellers who will give us the opportunity to purchase the items we have available. Thanks everyone!

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We are 1 minute away from exit Woerderen. There is mo need to deal with the stressful city center. We have several private parking spaces in front. This also makes any loading and unloading easy. So it costs you nothing at all! (No pennies, nor your back.)

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The Compact Disc (CD), like most inventions, did not appear out of thin air. After the invention of the laser in 1958, the first patent for optically readable disks was filed in 1961. The first digital video records were introduced in 1972. After a flop by Philips, the manufacturer, together with Sony, released the first CD in 1979. We do not know what it contained, but in 1982 the first CD was released for the market, it was the album Visitors by ABBA. In this year the first player became available and so began the elimination of the LP from the market. Many have literally thrown their LPs in the trash… we still see some visitors being disappointed when they tell us this. Velen hebben hun lp’s letterlijk bij het vuil gezet… sommige bezoekers zien wij nog steeds balen als ze dit vertellen.

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Our playlist runs at full speed every day. Filled with everything, from the usual audiophile tracks to poorly recorded classics from the past, from a special Scandinavian chamber choir to hard Dutch hardcore. Enjoy it as we enjoy it too. Here are the links to the Freaklist! on Tidal, Qobuz and Spotify.

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Once inside you forget outside, relaxation is the starting point. Sit down and play the music you like at the desired volume. Don't procrastinate, ask questions. 
Need a listening break, walk to the bar, grab a drink and start a game of pool.

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Describing all daily listening sessions is not feasible, but highlighting one every now and then is of course fun to do and hopefully also fun to read. Several times a day, new combinations arise here from what visitors request or what we think has a chance. Read our experiences here.

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We are having a great time with all the audio and we can share that feeling with most visitors. Yet sometimes there are companions who have no interest in it at all. 
Audio can be stolen from them. 
We also like to make those genes happy.

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Phonograph

Yes yes, this is where it all started. The first real audio device! Thomas Edison patented it on Feb. 19, 1878, by which we are not sure he was the actual inventor either, in fact, this clever businessman bought many inventions, only to perfect them upon success.

As early as 1860, France had the phonautograph, which used soot to etch vibrations onto paper; however, these recordings could not be played back, so it can be said that it was merely a recording device. The oldest known recording dates from April 9, 1860, and was played back for the first time by scientists as recently as 2008. We can assure you it’s a very poor-quality recording! The phonautograph also recorded sound through a horn; the captured vibrations were transmitted via a steel needle to a wax cylinder, creating grooves in it. This cylindrical wax cylinder thus became the sound carrier. We have a few of these wax cylinders on display; even the cardboard sleeves alone are fascinating to look at. Unlike the phonautograph, the phonograph did allow for playback. By reversing the process, the steel needle on the wax cylinder actually served to transmit vibrations to the horn. No more musicians needed—just you, all by yourself. Revolutionary. Music, maestro, please!

Cassette

The Dutchman Lou Ottens developed the cassette at Philips. This was done in collaboration with Japanese electronics manufacturers so that it could be standardized. The cassette was shown to the public for the first time on August 30, 1963. Other magnetic tapes were also available but were pushed out of the market because Philips did not charge royalties for use of the patent. A music cassette (MC) had to be provided with music at the factory. It was thought that the gramophone record would be rejected, but this turned out to be an impossible battle. The first cassette players on the market were therefore not suitable for recording, while this is precisely what consumers were waiting for. The first cassettes had two tracks, one for the A-side, the second for the B-side, meaning they were mono, but soon stereo recorders appeared, and so did four-track tapes. Ultimately, many more blank tapes were sold and we also used them frequently and with great pleasure. From recording radio broadcasts to trying to make your own radio shows (without listeners), from making and distributing mixtapes to borrowing the latest CDs and keeping some guilders in your pocket. We have a wall full of cassettes in the shop, the smile that it evokes in most shows that many have nice memories of the era.

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Phonograph

Yes yes, this is where it all started. The first real audio device! Thomas Edison patented it on Feb. 19, 1878, by which we are not sure he was the actual inventor either, in fact, this clever businessman bought many inventions, only to perfect them upon success.

As early as 1860, France had the phonautograph, which used soot to etch vibrations onto paper; however, these recordings could not be played back, so it can be said that it was merely a recording device. The oldest known recording dates from April 9, 1860, and was played back for the first time by scientists as recently as 2008. We can assure you it’s a very poor-quality recording! The phonautograph also recorded sound through a horn; the captured vibrations were transmitted via a steel needle to a wax cylinder, creating grooves in it. This cylindrical wax cylinder thus became the sound carrier. We have a few of these wax cylinders on display; even the cardboard sleeves alone are fascinating to look at. Unlike the phonautograph, the phonograph did allow for playback. By reversing the process, the steel needle on the wax cylinder actually served to transmit vibrations to the horn. No more musicians needed—just you, all by yourself. Revolutionary. Music, maestro, please!

Cassette

The Dutchman Lou Ottens developed the cassette at Philips. This was done in collaboration with Japanese electronics manufacturers so that it could be standardized. The cassette was shown to the public for the first time on August 30, 1963. Other magnetic tapes were also available but were pushed out of the market because Philips did not charge royalties for use of the patent. A music cassette (MC) had to be provided with music at the factory. It was thought that the gramophone record would be rejected, but this turned out to be an impossible battle. The first cassette players on the market were therefore not suitable for recording, while this is precisely what consumers were waiting for. The first cassettes had two tracks, one for the A-side, the second for the B-side, meaning they were mono, but soon stereo recorders appeared, and so did four-track tapes. Ultimately, many more blank tapes were sold and we also used them frequently and with great pleasure. From recording radio broadcasts to trying to make your own radio shows (without listeners), from making and distributing mixtapes to borrowing the latest CDs and keeping some guilders in your pocket. We have a wall full of cassettes in the shop, the smile that it evokes in most shows that many have nice memories of the era.

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CD

The Compact Disc (CD), like most inventions, did not appear out of thin air. After the invention of the laser in 1958, the first patent for optically readable disks was filed in 1961. The first digital video records were introduced in 1972. After a flop by Philips, the manufacturer, together with Sony, released the first CD in 1979. We do not know what it contained, but in 1982 the first CD was released for the market, it was the album Visitors by ABBA. In this year the first player became available and so began the elimination of the LP from the market. Many have literally thrown their LPs in the trash… we still see some visitors being disappointed when they tell us this. Velen hebben hun lp’s letterlijk bij het vuil gezet… sommige bezoekers zien wij nog steeds balen als ze dit vertellen.
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