Walkman.land - Updates & discussion

Here it is: https://walkman.land/sony/wa-5000
I will add a few others from this range this week too.

 

I am happy to add more details, however I need to read / browse the service manuals, threads, etc. to do so

 

Very similar to what a famous painter used to say not too long ago about trees:
"Now it has some friends. You know, Walkmans need friends too."

 

Here is a 1982 cousin:
https://walkman.land/sony/wa-55

 

@Emiel I had no idea you had an account on here. I'm Tapefactor on Discord. Amazing site you have.

I just wish it was possible for those of us with accounts (and maybe permission) to update some of the inconsistencies or inaccuracies on the device pages.

Definitely need to see way more Aiwas there but you're doing amazing work at the pace you're currently at and I really appreciate all of the different features like ASCII.

 

Thanks for the kind words.
It is just 2 folks uploading all Walkmans and doing the back-end + front-end.
Some parts of the back-end are move developed than others.
Right now we can't unlock a quick and thorough method to easily allow users to contribute.
If you have a list of errors, PM me here on on Discord.
Many parts, like headphones, remotes, motors, heads, are also stored in the database.
It is one of the items we want to 'unlock' this year.

Get me decent pictures that can be freely re-used (or a link to them, like Technostalgism, Boxedwalkman, .. on Instagram) and I'll make it available.
On the shortlist is another one for you, the WA-11. Pictures I have found, now specs

 

What’s a wm

whats a wm-5000?

 

Ah, WA not WM. No wonder I couldn’t find anything

 

I checked the price calculator again and think I have found the issue. Now we need to check if the service we are using can be adapted.
https://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/wm-ex60-dynamic-bass-boost-tuning.9507/page-4#post-76860

 

Here is another Aiwa: https://walkman.land/aiwa/hs-px750
Edit--
And another, the Alpha of the line: https://walkman.land/aiwa/tp-s30

 

Nice looking units. Keep up the good work Emiel.

 

I updated the Yen to USD price calculation method. These are recalculated all at once, triggered by an admin action.
It saves a bit of time during model page loading, as previously it was trying to recalculate once in a week.

1. We take the price in Yen at time of release,
2. Convert it to USD using historical data (value at year close: https://www.macrotrends.net/2550/dollar-yen-exchange-rate-historical-chart),
3. Inflation correct it using historical data to convert from 1979-2006 to now from https://www.statbureau.org/.

Data from the 2 sources I flattened into a local array for faster processing.
Also: 372 models are now available.

 

We just released a new page for modern players:
https://walkman.land/news/modern-post-mp3-cassette-players

Besides the newer, modern devices, the site now contains 388 models.

 

Well, I knew I had a model that you didn't have but mine's not a very good example because the digital display window has come out of its place needs to be reglued but to do that you have to unassemble the door because it's that's the way it's designed. But here is a grundig. BB 285



I got this a long time ago in a collection of walkmans. In other words, I was buying one and this came with like eight others or something like that. That's all I can remember.



I'd show you a picture of the back but it just takes two AA batteries and I can't figure out how to get the clip off to show you the back label but here it is anyway



Okay, my quest for this odd one Walkman is over

 

Will the site have user manuals and services manuals to download at some stage?
Or maybe stereo2go has and area?