{"id":2614,"date":"2018-06-09T18:56:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T18:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkman-archive.com\/wa\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2019-04-25T06:10:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T06:10:49","slug":"elbow-the-xxi-cassette-walkman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/2018\/06\/elbow-the-xxi-cassette-walkman\/","title":{"rendered":"ELBOW, the XXI cassette walkman? [UPDATED]"},"content":{"rendered":"[UPDATED] The project has been cancelled and closed\u00a0on 23th january. In their Facebook page they explained that:<\/p>\n<p>Dear ELBOW followers, we have two announcements to make today.<\/p>\n<p>1. WE&#8217;RE DISCONTINUING THE ELBOW PROJECT. The product is not coming to market, ever. Due to many reasons &#8211; financial, technical, personal &#8211; this is our final decision.<\/p>\n<p>2. WE&#8217;RE NOT DONE YET. Something new is brewing on the drawing table. It is, however, still long ways from a presentable entity. If all goes well, an announcement shall be made later this year.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to thank everyone again for all the support and criticism, which was equally helpful. We hope to continue this public conversation in the future, but for now &#8211; SEE YOU NEXT TIME.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nBrainMonk organisation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">NEWS published originally on august, 2017:<\/h3>\n<p>Recently it has been published in dozens of websites an information of a new concept of a cassette walkman: the <a href=\"http:\/\/elbow.co.nf\/\" target=\"_blank\">ELBOW<\/a>. A concept that is revolutionary as it has nothing in common with any previous walkman from the 80s or 90s.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FElbowCP%2Fvideos%2F185383868622406%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At first sight it looks nice and even cool, isn&#8217;t it? It is, although personally I don&#8217;t like the design as much as a good 80s walkman, like a <a href=\"http:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/gadgets\/walkman_sony_03_dd30_eng.htm\">WM-DD30<\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/gadgets\/walkman_aiwa_02_g08_eng_v3.htm\">HS-G08<\/a> or a Toshiba KT-V500. Anyway, it&#8217;s a very nice concept.<\/p>\n<p>But as stated in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stereo2go.com\/forums\/threads\/smallest-walkman-on-eearth.776\" target=\"_blank\">this thread of\u00a0our forums<\/a>, the concept has an important flaw: it lacks a capstan and a roller. The tape has to move at an exact speed of 4.76cm\/s or 1 7\/8\u00a0ips to match\u00a0the standard. How do cassette players reach that exact speed from start to end? With a mechanic rubber roll (roller), which is pressed against a metal axis (capstan).<\/p>\n<p>How will the ELBOW control the speed? Well, they say they will do with an optical sensor, but I doubt such a sensor can really control the speed accurately as the tape is totally neat and uniform, with no visible &#8216;grain&#8217; or texture. So&#8230; will it really work without a capstan?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elbow-cassette-concept.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2616\" src=\"https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elbow-cassette-concept-500x330.png\" alt=\"Elbow cassette concept\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elbow-cassette-concept-500x330.png 500w, https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elbow-cassette-concept-800x528.png 800w, https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elbow-cassette-concept-600x396.png 600w, https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elbow-cassette-concept-960x634.png 960w, https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elbow-cassette-concept-410x272.png 410w, https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elbow-cassette-concept-580x383.png 580w, https:\/\/walkman-archive.com\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elbow-cassette-concept.png 966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe they know about a special -or new- optical sensor that is really capable of that, but frankly I can&#8217;t believe it&#8230; until I see it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to see it finally done successfully and I&#8217;d be buying it just for testing, but I cannot trust that this concept will ever be real, unless it incorporates a capstan.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway&#8230; good luck with that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[UPDATED] The project has been cancelled and closed\u00a0on 23th january. In their Facebook page they explained that: Dear ELBOW followers, we have two announcements to make today. 1. WE&#8217;RE DISCONTINUING THE ELBOW PROJECT. The product is not coming to market, ever. Due to many reasons &#8211; financial, technical, personal &#8211; this is our final decision. 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