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Old 10-25-2010, 02:37 PM   #1
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Sony pulls the plug on Walkman

Sony announced Friday that it would stop producing walkmans introduced in 1979.

I thought they were not being produced already!

I still remember my first Sony walkman and have many great fond memories of it. It really did cause a revolution in the way and the amount of music i listened. Mix-tapes, auto-reverse, bulky hearphones... all you fault Mr walkman.

Got any fond memories of the device?
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Old 10-25-2010, 03:19 PM   #2
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I remember getting one that had the cassette player AND a built in FM radio!! I was so impressed with myself!! I think it fell of my belt one day while riding my bike and I ran it over
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Old 10-25-2010, 03:39 PM   #3
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i never got real walkman but had couple of clones as well. It was just amazing! I could record one lp to one c-cassette and listen it everywhere! one thing has changed though, i would not draw any band logos on my ipod touch with permanent ink. Back in the 80s that was cool to have ac/dc logo on it
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Old 10-25-2010, 04:11 PM   #4
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It's a sad day! My first walkman from Sony was semi-waterproof. It was like state of the art, and I was probably the proudest kid in my town.
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Old 10-25-2010, 04:22 PM   #5
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I recall my teenage years. Doing my paper round with my Walkman on, blasting out 'Eye of the Tiger'. Boy, was I cool
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Old 10-25-2010, 04:32 PM   #6
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So did anyone have a TPS-L2? It was the first model.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=TPS-L2
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Old 10-25-2010, 04:44 PM   #7
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I still own a bright yellow Walkman Sports with FM Radio. It works but it's so heavy that I haven't used it in years.
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Old 10-25-2010, 04:55 PM   #8
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So did anyone have a TPS-L2? It was the first model.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=TPS-L2
No, but my son had (has) a transformer that looked like one.
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Old 10-25-2010, 06:27 PM   #9
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My last Walkman had auto reverse. I thought that was the greatest invention, ever!!
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Old 10-25-2010, 07:04 PM   #10
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So did anyone have a TPS-L2? It was the first model.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=TPS-L2
Yes - it's sitting behind me on the dresser (covered in dust now) - and I don't even want to think about what I paid for it new!
Still works. Last used it years ago after Hurricane Fran knocked out our power for 6 weeks.
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Old 10-25-2010, 07:30 PM   #11
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Old 10-25-2010, 07:49 PM   #12
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lol .. this thread brings back fond memories of the good old days.

I had one with auto reverse and dolby noise reduction.

The grand kids laugh at my radio cassette player in the car, when i pick them up they come equipped with their favourite music CD's to play on the way, and to their utter amazement they discover Nan still has one with a cassette player in it, i offer them some of my cassette music to listen to, for some strange reason they always decline and opt for the radio ....
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Old 10-25-2010, 11:57 PM   #13
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I still own a bright yellow Walkman Sports with FM Radio. It works but it's so heavy that I haven't used it in years.
Yup. That was mine. I adored it. I had the first Walkman Sports that was more waterproof than its successors. And I had the one with the solar panel on one side. _Fond_ memories!
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Ah, the walkman.... it was the first present my brother every bought for me by himself. He never remembered my birthday, and this time he did- brought home a bag from Venture (the local store) that still had the receipt in it, and a brand-new walkman. What an awesome present!
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