"Separate Stereo Radio Cassette" Sanyo 1986 (64.media.tumblr.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Crul@lemm.ee to c/cassettefuturism@lemm.ee

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I cannot find any official reference to this model.

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7 years old Tumblr post: Neon Talk
7 years old Facebook post: Facebook
TinEye says it was here on November 2015, but the link is broken ~~http://flickrhivemind.net/User/leonardo.bonanni/Interesting~~ and I don't see it on the archived page

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[-] _WC@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

"I cannot find any official reference to this model"

That is because it is a fictional rendering.

[-] Crul@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That is because it is a fictional rendering.

I couldn't find any reference to that either.

And the Neon Talk post says "Scans from epic: @80sretroelectro …" so I thought it was a scan of some magazine.

[-] _WC@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I couldn't find any reference to that either.

Not needed, this is clearly a render, and not of any real device either. It's a pastiche of retro elements in a nonfunctional, stylized arrangement. The "cassette" is a miniature rendering of full-sized reel-to-reel tape. The speakers are more mid-2000s era design language, and the colors are over-exaggerated for the era.

[-] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Was this ever actually put into production, or is this just concept art?

[-] oddspinnaker@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I can find no evidence that this was designed by Sanyo at all. It’s likely a modern rendering of a fake vintage product.

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