Mint Condition WM-EX80 Questions
hushkun - 2013-09-12 12:34
Hey all, recently purchased a mint condition WM-EX80. It was a steal. Even came with a pair of perfect condition in-line remote earbuds. However, upon purchasing this slice of 90s nostalgia it has occurred to me that this device does not have a typical headphone input jack. It looks like only the remote attachment can carry sound out of the player. Am I right in thinking this? If so, how can I listen to it with a different pair of headphones? I'm kind of a connoisseur of Sony products and enjoy listening to electronic music on my massive XB1000's. Was hoping to try them out on this player if there is a way...
Tapes are making a comeback for some indie electronic artists so this will be sort of a bummer being confined to the remote earbuds. Let me know if there's a way to splice the cord or if there were different attachments made that I can go searching the interwebs for. Thanks!
michiel - 2013-09-12 14:06
As far as I know they once sold adapters for the Sony plug to a normal 3,5mm jack. At least I got a couple of them with my EX-808. No idea if they still sell them somewhere, but someone here knows it for sure 
brutus442 - 2013-09-13 06:36
Welcome to the forum!
Find the adapters is not easy. It may be a better plan to purchase a similar walkman like the 808 if it has one and use that. There's quite a few of these models (that use the adaptor) kicking around Ebay at any given time.
Grab a broken one for parts and scavenge it for the remote
hushkun - 2013-09-13 11:58
I see...it would definitely be worth it as the player itself is pretty much flawless. Being a noob to the world of vintage Walkmen collection could someone give me a list of the players that had the same remote connection? Would be much appreciated.
martymcfly - 2013-09-17 15:27
I believe this is the same adapter, from a WM-F701 also WM-702 and maybe a WM-EX55 not sure about the last one but looks close!
FX-77
EX-77
EX85
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Good Luck
Marty
martymcfly - 2013-09-17 16:12
I see...it would definitely be worth it as the player itself is pretty much flawless. Being a noob to the world of vintage Walkmen collection could someone give me a list of the players that had the same remote connection? Would be much appreciated.
hushkun - 2013-09-18 07:10
Great! Thanks for the help. I've contacted the seller to see if he can ship to the US. I've actually never seen that adapter before, but it's exactly what I need. Otherwise I've found a lot of good condition remotes w/ the headphone port on it, but there all on very expensive Taiwan auctions.
hushkun - 2013-09-19 18:20
Think I just found the gold mine. Wouldn't mind having a second mint condition EX80. The player is amazing!