Part 2: In 2004, I was living in a little studio apt in Orlando that was connected to a larger house; It was the first time I lived alone and I thought it was awesome. That summer we got rocked by 4 hurricanes. I’m from Florida so hurricanes aren’t anything out of the ordinary for me but central Florida wasn’t really a hotspot for them. I made it through with minimal damage to the house, but a tree did fall on the corner of the studio and crack a hole just big enough for water to start seeping in. Fortunately it wasn’t bad enough to cause any damage to me or my stuffs So around that time, I picked up the Sony MZ-NF520D. This was my first MiniDisc player, and its the only one I got when it was released. It was released in 2004 so I must’ve gotten it new, but I feel like I grabbed it off eBay. I didn’t keep as good of records as I do these days so ill have to relay on the old brain to fill in the blanks. This device is a recorder as well as a player so I could make mixtapes (mix discs?) I wanted. PS a ‘mixtape’ is what you might call a ‘playlist’ these days 😂 Also this device was NetMD capable which had software that you could use on a PC to turn your CDs etc into Sony’s proprietary ‘Atrac’ format, which was a higher quality than an .mp3 at the time. I used software called SonicStage to convert and transfer tracks to discs. As for the “TV/Weather/FM part, I know you could use the LCD remote that plugs into the player to listen to the radio, and I’m guessing pick up TV signal audio when that used to be a thing? As for the weather bit, Im not quite sure 😂 What’s on your turntable today? Tag me in a comment and I’ll take a listen! Follow @paulitosrecordcollection to see me attempt to document every record/MiniDisc/cassette I have 💿💽 #paulitosrecordcollection #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylrecord #vaporwaveminidisc #futurefunk #vaporwave #vaporwaveart #vapourwaveedits #MiniDiscplayer #walkman #MiniDiscClub #synthwave #sanyo #aiwa #laserdisc #vapourwave #outrun #outrunaesthetic #analogaudio #picturedisc #7inch #ｖａｐｏｒｗａｖｅ #MiniDisc #netmd #vaporwaveminidisc #sonyminidisc #sonymzr70 #minidiscmonday #minidiscmondays #sonymznf520d (at Minidisc 俱樂部) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaiLoEjvaPQ/?utm_medium=tumblr