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Vintage Electronics - The Tefifon

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What it is

Techmoan demonstrates the Tefifon, a vintage German audio player that combines elements of record and tape with a grooved elastic loop. He shows how it works and plays it.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN fans use it as the gateway to the Techmoan channel and praise it as one of the most fascinating obscure audio formats.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Such a fascinating technology though.”

    Coolest obscure format covered, a tape loop with grooves.

    InclinedPlane, 2016-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Forgotten audio formats: The Highway Hi-Fi”

  2. “My gateway video was the one on the Tefifon”

    Gateway video into vintage electronics channel.

    rogerbinns, 2018-06 · Strong recommendation · in “The Nixie Tube Story: The Neon Display Tech That Engineers Can’t Quit”

  3. “I can also recommend Techmoan.”

    Techmoan reviews obscure old HiFi gear like the Tefifon.

    aembleton, 2016-04 · Recommendation · in “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: tefifon, techmoan, obscure media, vintage hi-fi, audio formats

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