RE: Portable CD Players. That was a Horrible Time to be Alive!

portable CD boom boxes.

Do you walk around with one of them on your shoulder, intimidating the public?

I used to download music a lot through Kazaa, way before anybody was thinking of it as illegal or even problematic because the trade off was you'd get such crappy quality audio, loads that just cut off halfway through a song, and viruses to boot.

But I was poor so having a stack of re-writables was my best way and those guys do NOT last long. I understood their surface to be almost like jelly that just warped with heat and time.

Then I had this MINI cd player which was my favourite but lasted for like a month. If I still had that I bet I could sell it as a rare antique for a hefty price.