the REAL Stereo-2-Go

finally - with Jorge's help - i received today one of my personal "holy grails":

a silver Panasonic RQ-J9

now i have a good reason to search my boxes for my black one, to display them together

 

Just earlier this week I got a a black one. It was love at first sight. In fact, I wasn't quite aware of this series before seeing it. The red, yellow and orange accents on the black body gives it a very unique and dashing look!

It's rather interesting, though, to see them labeling the silver one Stereo-to-Go and the rest Way.

 

It looks a boatload better than the Panasonic notetaker my parents bought me in the day.

So there's a black box model as well? Must be for recording "on-the-fly"!

 

...there's no "recording" function, the mic is like "talk-line" on other units that era.

 

Oh! I didn't know there was 2 versions of the black one. Interesting... Mine's got the Stereo Way branding.



The mic/talk-line is quite interesting on these, as they pause the transport as well.

Now that you mentioned it, I think this thing's gonna look very nice in traffic orange with black accents!

 

WAY is cool !

 

I'll be looking forward to finding the red & blue version. That deep blue one must be way cool as well!

 

to be honest, in all those years i'm collecting besides in older adds i've never seen blue or red

 

Finding this black one and reading this thread prompted me to look for a pic of the colored ones, as the ads are quite lackluster.


From http://gaabou-sedori.com/otakara6/


From https://www.letao.com.tw/yahoojp/auctions/item.php?aID=v600274362

I feel like that shade of blue is just the most perfect blue I've ever seen in a walkman. Look like it's a glossy finish, though. Kinda a shame, I think, as I much prefer the smooth satin finish of the black and silver ones.

 

Panasonic doing what they were best at. Probably their best walkman and the only one true to the Panasonic ethos.

That black one looks very familair.

Here it is featured in my nini-test from a few years ago...

http://www.stereo2go.com/topic/index.php?content_oid=398038517183963926&board_oid=522740502721869426