I like listening to music on my phone, but there's just something different about having a physical edition of your favorite album. So yeah, I'm gonna get a Walkman.
Im not the kind of person who is into looking at their phone all the time. So a walkman is perfect for me. Im an old school person who wants to enjoy music without looking at a screen and worrying about phone battery
@@fredericktheprussianeevee2846 LOL ME TOO. In my school we are not allowed to bring phones. But my sony walkman is small. It's nwz b183f. It's so small and cute. So I can hide it. Also it has long batery life. While my friends worried about their phone and wireless headphones batery life, I'm just chilling not to worried about my walkman batery life.
Im collecting walkman since 2004 and I have a lot of knowledge about them. I also sell them on ebay. But even then I keep searching youtube for vids that can add to my knowledge and this is a good video for first timers. Wish you luck and success with your channel.
There is something special about listening to an old cassette walkman it takes me back to days gone by, if the tapes are done on a good quality deck they sound awsome on a walkman, my dad had a tck611s deck with dolby s and proper bias controls he taught me how to calibrate a tape and I was away doing me mixed tapes.... good quality recordings, i did all my tapes on that and played them on me walkman I now have that deck and use it still for me tapes. So many fond memories always reminds me of Christmas because as a kid in the 80s and 90s I used to save my pocket money and me folks used to put the rest and I would get the latest Sony walkman for Christmas and be super excited about getting it I still remember loosing sleep for my first walkman the wm-fx43 and wasn't disappointed, still have my Walkmans and still in mint condition, model's I have are WM-FX43, WM-FX45 and WM-FX435. I still use my walkmans, most of my tapes are drum and bass and always sound better on tape, megabass was the best bass system of any personal stereo.
Thanks for sharing! I also love how music sounds on tape and new generations are re-discovering its charms like in the Lo-fi genre. We used to record jokes, TV shows, anime openings, etc. Such good memories!
I owned a deck and a Walkman from Panasonic. Some of them are really good. But as my experience was not that vast I left them out of my recommendation. Definitely a good brand.
I have to say i love watching your videos. They are really well made. The way you explain things is also a very nice thing - useful informations, straight to the point.
I used to have a PX-347 back in the 90s, and I bought two more recently. It is a nice model, and you don't have to worry about rechargable batteries. It always had the problem that a knock on the battery door will disrupt play though
thank you very much for this! Hope there'll be more content on cassette player in general... like what 80s tape decks you recommend and stuff.. subscribed!
I have a player and have misplaced it. I do get some interference, probably lighting, in the major spot I stand in at work. I am using the thing for podcasts and audiobooks so I don't lose my place! Batteries are easy to get in recycle area of work!
Hello! I'm glad that I found this model Aiwa PX347 for about 4 euros last weekend at a flea market. What I can say is that a pair of NIMH batteries keep me going for an unexpectedly long time even with old tapes. The belt is good, but I don't know for how long. The audition is good, the super bass is as it should be. The shape of the batteries is easy to find, as a minidisc user I know how difficult it is to find gumsticks!
Thank you for the video! My 15 year old wants a Walkman for Christmas and I thot those went out in the 1980’s! What do I know?! Seems nothing! 😂. I really appreciate your help! 🙏🏻
I bought 2 walkman wm-b12, a black one and blue one, still havent replacet the belts, but they works perfectly fine other than slow speed that can be adjusted
I got one from RCA ( got it for Christmas as my first Walkman) , one from Durabrand ( cost me 3$ from goodwill and it had an equalizer ) and I got one of those hated X-bass boomboxes, heh I’m finna get a handheld recorder too
I went through a phase of acquiring shoebox cassette recorders. Actually these shoebox recorders are really fun to use, and reflect the origins of the cassette format itself from the mid-1960s. However, shoebox cassette recorders are single-channel monaural.
@@soundelegy5987 Should I choose the Aiwa TA473 if it's a little cheaper than Sony and almost same Sound quality and It's Auto reverse too,also comes with presets but No Dolby B NR,Sony has the Dolby,it has Mega Bass too. Am kinda confused here😅,Help me outt!😂 Thank you so much🙇🏻♀️💕
I would definitely choose the one with Dolby. In some tapes the difference in noise level during playback is really big. Even if it costs 10 or 20 more dollars.
@@soundelegy5987 Thanks! I kinda noticed that too! I'll go with Sony then! Thank you so much,You helped a lot🤗💕 Loved the video btw it was Veryy Informative!🎶
I have several cassette walkman players. One is a Jensen SCR68C, it still plays but the sound quality is pale and flat compared with my earlier players. I am a bit surprised it "broke" after using it twice. Had you bought it new, and if so did you return it for a refund? Even some of the very lower-end 1990s-era Sony-brand Walkman players sound pretty good, or even Sony's final cassette walkman from the late 2000s, the WM-FX290. It's amazing many Sony-brand Walkman players still work many years beyond their anticipated lifespan.
I've got the same Aiwa PX347, but I need to replace the belt. Any info about it? I am struggling to open it and I cannot find any guides online, thanks and nice vid ;)
Thank you :) I did not change the belt of the PX347 cause it didn't have any issues so far. What I do have is its service manual if you want it (sound.elegy.retro@gmail.com). But I did encounter difficulties while trying to open other Aiwas from this same line. The chewing gum battery door was a pain to remove and reaching the belt required quite some expertise.
Every portable cassette player I've ever had has always ended up not working after one year. Which model can I get for under $50 and will last maybe two or three years?
Hey there! The thing is that whenever you buy a new portable cassette player, the belt is of course decades old and therefore already stretched or broke. The good thing is that changing a belt is really easy and will get your player plenty of years of good use. I would recommend you to look for a Sony WM-EX line in good condition and change its belt one time. That's what I've done with good results. I've also made a video about how to change a Walkman's belt with every bit of information needed to complete the task. The WM-EX line is easily serviceable. Good luck :)
I'm super new to Walkmans, planning on getting my first one, I think I'm gonna go for the Sony Walkman AVLS WM-EX122, do you know have any idea what size belt clip I should get? Also, do you think this would make well for listening?
Hey there! That's a great model to get started in the hobby. If you find it in good conditions it should be fine. The belt you can get here: fixyouraudio.com/product/belt-sony-wm-ex122/ Happy listening!
just bought a Panasonic rq353 looks pretty good but I still want to buy a stereo walkman, found two good deal Aiwa 347 and 530, which one should I get…
I think both Aiwa models look really good and have similar capabilities. I own the PX 347 and it works really well. The advantage of the 530 is that you can use it with chewing gum batteries as well as with the detachable AA battery compartment. If both are in same conditions, maybe I'll pick the 530.
I keep getting burned on eBay by bad belts/other weird speed issues. I've seen lots of promising repair/refurbishing videos on here but all of the models I've bought have a big PCB/main board in the way, making the belts etc. inaccessible.
@@soundelegy5987 In North America, the WM-FX series (the tuner-equipped equivalent of the WM-EX line) is far more commonplace. Sony found that in the US and Canada sales penetration was much stronger for tuner-equipped models, while in Europe the tuner-less versions are far more common. Part of this is that in Europe Sony and other vendors would have to make sure that tuner-equipped walkman purchasers were registered for government "radio licensing" schemes, something which doesn't exist in the Americas at this time.
That's really interesting. I was not aware of that. But yeah make total sense. The regulations in Europe for frequency use were always very strict and back then with no EU, having to adjust every model to countries regulations must have been a nightmare. That's why is so hard to find Walkmans with tuners in Germany :p
i picked up a ferguson ps66 but after dropping it twice the plastic screw posts inside that hold the circuit board away from the mechanism broke which caused one of the machanism wheels to grind against a capacitor, so to replace it i ordered a sony wm-ex 368, which has a metal chassis, so i don't have plastic screw posts to worry about
Theres like one reason why i wanna get a portable cassette player so i don't have to bring my phone at school to listen to music and i would laugh my ass off if my teachers though i had a phone during class listening to Music turns out it was a cassette
I do have a Sony walkman cassette player but I don't know anybody should buy a cassette player anymore because most vintage Sony cassette players are naturally expensive in the US and nobody's going to repair them I think people are are just better off buying CD players.
Hehe in 30 years there will be comments saying: "Why would anybody buy a CD player, nobody's gonna repair them. I think people are better off buying MP3 players" :p In my own experience, I buy them cause I think they're good fun.
I'm actually working on a video about that. There are modern devices that come with incorporated Bluetooth but the playback and build quality are bad. The other option is to hook up a transmitter via the 3.5mm jack. Video is coming soon!
Even tho my parents don't agree to my decision becuz it doesn't fit my generation they say, i'm trying to buy myself some physical audio media with cassettes and CDs as my starting points. The reason for why i got interested in these was becuz of shows, movies, anime, video games, comics, mangas showing these old school stuff. Most influential for me are Regular Show, Guardians of the Galaxy, Metal Gear, Evangelion
I think it's amazing when new generations look into the past and find interesting stuff like Cassettes or CDs. It makes us appreciate way more of what we have today and sometimes we still find a love connection with physical music or old audio formats. Curiosity and research should be rewarded instead of putting it down. If the Internet goes kaput one day, we'll still have our music ;) Keep dreaming ✌🏼
@@soundelegy5987 Indeed, sometime solutions are found looking through the past. I tried my sony mp3 player, but it would not always bookmark and the blue light was still present ;). Thank you for your video. Will you ever do an indepth into aiwa or sony.
Totally agree with that statement. This channel explores those old alternatives that sometimes are just refreshing. Will definitely do a deep dive into Sony's foundation and beginnings and the work philosophy of Akio Morita. There's less footage and commercials available from Aiwa but hopefully one day. They were both related too so maybe I can combine that. Hope to see you around soon!
You can actually buy a Battery Charger in Amazon and a couple AA rechargeable batteries. All and all it'll set you back around 30€. That's how I power most of my devices. Let me know if you need some links.
Not that I know of and I did a bit of a research. There are new models that have a USB port but only to transfer music directly to a PC. Let me know if you find something. Good luck on your search 🍀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rtm2020/mystik-a-next-generation-portable-cassette-player I guess I found a kickstarter that wants to engineer a portable cassette player (and recorder) with a rechargeable battery. The next generation player they called it. What do you think?
I haven't tried that new model. The reviews look good but if you can find a Sony Walkman in good conditions from the late 90s then I would go for that.
I bought a WM-EX633, and I’m new to the “blank skip” feature. It doesn’t seem to work well with every cassette. I’d say like 20% of the tapes I own don’t work well with it. Is this normal? Was it always a little quirky of a feature?
Honestly bands should just burn a run of CDs, they cost pennies and cardboard sleeves cost next to nothing. Hell MiniDisc is a better option than cassette tapes. Especially as you can't buy new chrome or metal tapes anymore. BTW I had the Aiwa HS-PX347 and Aiwa HS-PX310 in the 90s.
A obvious truth: None, not any cassette will ever sound as good as a CD. You could end up like me: spoiled by the CD to the point cassettes will never do again. 👍👍👍
You talk about the CD as it's a revolutionary format. It's just digital, 0s and 1s. Better have a hard drive or an SSD, CDs are very obsolete. Analogue just has a different kind of sound, it's not better or worse, it's just different.