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In Da Nang, a man’s vintage electronics collection revives forgotten sounds, memories, and the soulful hum of decades past.
Tucked behind a narrow alley in Tam Ky, Da Nang is a home that crackles—not with Wi-Fi or smart speakers, but with the gentle hum of old cassette tapes and the flicker of vintage TVs. This is where Pham Vu Vinh Thuc, 41, lives with nearly two decades’ worth of collected time.
Thuc didn’t set out to become a collector. One day, he stumbled upon an old radio in a pile of scrap, then a cracked ceramic pot, then a dusty cassette player.
Today, his collection includes nearly 30 cassette players, a dozen television sets, some black and white, some color, and a lifetime of forgotten sounds. “They’re not just machines,” he says. “Each one tells a story”.
Some of the devices still work. Others are too fragile, but still get cleaned and cared for. Ask him about his favourite piece, and he’ll show you a rusted Panasonic cassette player. It looks like it shouldn’t work, but it does.
These items aren’t just devices to Thuc. They’re chapters. One TV was the heart of a neighborhood gathering every evening. One radio reminds him of early mornings with his father. The knobs are worn, the labels faded, but to him, that’s where the soul is.
Each object carries a trace of someone else’s life: a wedding gift, a family heirloom, a centerpiece for neighborhood news nights. For Thuc, preserving these machines means preserving voices, memories, and the everyday magic of things people once thought disposable.
He calls them “living things.” Every morning, he wakes up, turns one on, and lets the past speak. In a world chasing upgrades, Thuc is listening in the other direction, tuning into the quiet beauty of what remains.
