From the early 80s to mid 90s, I had probably 30 portable cassette players including multiple WM-10s, DD models, Boodoo Kahn, various Aiwa HS-PX and HS-J models. Probably my favorite of all time is the HS-PX900 (also known as PX30 and PX303). My daughter has become obsessed with vintage audio gear so I acquired an WM-10 and WM-F10 both with cracked uptake reel gears but otherwise pretty decent.
Welcome! It's facinating to see touch screens getting pushed aside for "vintage" tech. I used to watch the newer Star Treks back then and think that mechanically it was going to be a very boring future.
Yeah I still can't get over how younger generations are getting interested in vintage audio stuff, it's so unexpected, I assumed they would be 100% absorbed into the creepy cyber dystopian future where we own nothing and stare at a phone screen all day lol
Probably the same reasons I love buttons; I don't mind a screen but I hate touch screens, at least for computer/informational applications. I did think it would be nice to have them for some things back in the late 90's when stylus's were king but I haven't picked up a stylus for years. I think the hunt is part of the fun, you get a tape deck and then your looking for cassettes everywhere and they are everywhere. Kids are like us adults when were were young picking through bins of old music not knowing 3/4's of the bands. I see them at the 2nd hand stores and garage sales having fun seeing what's available. It's too bad physical media took a nosedive in the early 2000's, that stuff will be worth some decent money in another decade.
