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Man I can still feel so vividly my old minidisk walkman, I saved for ages as a teenager for one.
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I've my Dad's old Walkman Professional kicking around somewhere, I've no idea if it still works.
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Does anyone make those gum stick batteries any more? I have a cassette and MiniDisk Walkman in a box somewhere. Probably missing the headphones though, which had inline controls 
you can still buy those batteriesDoes anyone make those gum stick batteries any more? I have a cassette and MiniDisk Walkman in a box somewhere. Probably missing the headphones though, which had inline controls
Prices have gone mad on old stuff. I wish I had kept mine. Mine are long gone..
I was a big fan of Cassette Walkman to the point when my original Discman broke/stolen I went back to cassettes. I used to prefer the sound to CDs. So I used them long into the CD era. I had some of the last high end ones. At one point I got into MiniDisc and HiMD loved that format.
But it was a pain transferring CDs and such, and Cassettes would degrade overtime. I recorded the best mine (mix tapes etc) to MP3 and ATRAC. But the SQ is awful on many of them. When they started remastering CDs, the SQ was massively improved.
I still have high end Sony Midi Cassette in the attic. Just don't have the space for it downstairs now.
Love seeing the photos of them though.
I was a big fan of Cassette Walkman to the point when my original Discman broke/stolen I went back to cassettes. I used to prefer the sound to CDs. So I used them long into the CD era. I had some of the last high end ones. At one point I got into MiniDisc and HiMD loved that format.
But it was a pain transferring CDs and such, and Cassettes would degrade overtime. I recorded the best mine (mix tapes etc) to MP3 and ATRAC. But the SQ is awful on many of them. When they started remastering CDs, the SQ was massively improved.
I still have high end Sony Midi Cassette in the attic. Just don't have the space for it downstairs now.
Love seeing the photos of them though.
Hi all.
I had two of those! The JVC and the the WM-702. I absolutely loved the latter.
The only Walkman I have now is one of the 80's waterproof yellow models, including some matching speakers.
well..just broke EX707
changed belt on it, and while reassembling, snapped one connector off from front pcb..now front panel won't work...shame on me...
even if I would have soldering iron, my bad eyesight would not help...
on auction site for parts now possibly £100 loss here...
changed belt on it, and while reassembling, snapped one connector off from front pcb..now front panel won't work...shame on me...
even if I would have soldering iron, my bad eyesight would not help...
on auction site for parts now
possibly £100 loss here...
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Just saw one of these pop into my FB marketplace feed. Still boxed, guy wants $2,450 for it. 1,200 quid 
Super cool but can't justify that sort of money, despite how good I think it would look in my dining room plugged into a Sonos amp. Takes 4AA batteries too to make it super portable!
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Super cool but can't justify that sort of money, despite how good I think it would look in my dining room plugged into a Sonos amp. Takes 4AA batteries too to make it super portable!
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