It must be pretty loud through headphones and probably can drive decently a small pair speakers , for comparison Sony D6 has a 30+30 mw amp and Sony TC-D5 200+200 mw . Its power output is what I found interesting , M6060's main selling point was that big "auto reverse" lettering at the front.
Now that got me thinking... Would that make it the first auto-reverse walkman? If it can considered as a walkman, that is. The Sony WM-7 is usually mentioned as the first but that was after 1981.
Sanyo M6060 appears in a Japanese catalog dated "11/81" exact release date for the model is not known , the technological marvel Sony WM-7 appeared on the market in 1982 October 21 . As you pointed M6060 stretches the limits of the term "walkman" with its huge dimensions and odd tape loading , a proof that it wasn't designed as such .
Jack Berg had some NOS for sale, in the box for pretty cheap. This guy used to sell a ton of NOS boomboxes, cassette2go even went to his warehouse but I think things have slowed down for him over the years. http://www.jackbergsales.com/electronics/SanyoM6060AutoReverseStereoCassettePortableWalkman.htm
"An Analysis of Sony's Decade Long Quest for Success" from 2004, found on the internet, it looks like it was a class research paper. There's some cool information on the development of the MiniDisc. https://www.researchgate.net/public...lysis_of_Sony's_Decade-Long_Quest_for_Success
We used to read about hearing loss all of the time back when the Walkman was popular. From Michigan Daily Digest 1986
Sony D10 from 1987, there's also some early DAT information from Japan's CES from High Fidelity Magazine.
Portable CD Players, High Fidelity 1986, check out the Pioneer PD-C7, good luck finding one of those.
A great catch! There is another one stated as NOS but 500 euro. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Walkman-Sa...032245?hash=item2ad9d1ceb5:g:TfIAAOSwjKdd1A6-
seb968 posted this way back in 2013, found on the forum reader, what ever happened to seb, he used to post a ton of brochures and cool stuff?
I may have posted these before but this thread is getting too long to go back and look and I didn't see the photos on my computer. The Sanyo M-X55 from Electronics Today International, Australia 1982. This looks identical to the Fisher PH-M25, does anybody know the difference? The list price is $209 Australian Dollars, the M-X33 (without recording) released in 1981 was $219 so you were getting a better unit for less money. The little rotating dial on the side is for L+R balance, I'm not sure it that's input or output but I'd assume input? The Sanyo M-X55 has a METAL setting while the switch for the X33 is for OFF/MIXING. I don't know these units very well, is the mixing for singing into the built in mic while listening to music? The unit doesn't record.
In honor of our new member Max from the DCC Museum, some DCC tidbits. The Panasonic RQ-DP7 DCC from March 1994, Electronics Australia Magazine
The Philips DCC130 from the same issue in 1994, don't cough too hard when you see the price at the, plus it's in Australian Dollars.
