2 years of looking on ebay: no dice. 

I have a red AIWA HS-G09 to trade. 

Oooh, you have taste sir.  One of my favourites.  I hate to say it but I have one in the AO vault, deffo a keeper, sorry to tease.

Sorry, here she is...

If it's any consolation, they don't sound as good as many cheaper Sonys.

And when Agent does not want it anymore he will give it to me

Now that is bloody gorgeous. 

I wonder who at AIWA (and the industry) said "less metal! more plastic and round edges!". 

I have the HS-J600 and HS-G600 (which are quite nice). I wonder why the sound isn't so good on the G09/T600A. 

Well, name your price and i'll make it worth your while!!!

Bleh:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4wgI...400/aiwa+walkman.jpg

Too busy/boring:

http://pocketcalculatorshow.co.../aiwa-j800-small.jpg

U G L Y:

http://imagenes.solostocks.com...l-aiwa-hs-tx-516.jpg

The best after 1987:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chk/2091907302/

-Bonzo

Your comments are interesting as I too wonder this.  During the 83-86 period Aiwa produced some very pleasing designs venturing into areas you wouldn't neccesarilly associate with walkmans, namely colours, shapes angles and button configurations.  These designs reminded me of japanese cars of the 70's which attempted to emulate American designs of the same period & in doing so created a uniqueness of their own.

That said, these are some of my favourite walkmans.

Sadly though, I must now produce this picture....

I also think it is a R9

Now this is interesting.  What do we know about the R9?

http://pocketcalculatorshow.co...kman/walkman-db.html

AIWA HS-T600a was $165. I'd pay 4 times that now! 5 even!

Can't imagine what things would be like then with the ability to buy an iPod Nano for the same price. Making mix tapes is a lost art. Making mix playlists- EASY. but a mix tape you make in real time. 

I think a good portion of the iPod lineup has the appeal that that mid-80s AIWA lineup did. Look at your collection above- MAD AWESOME. 

Here's a great question- how many black unopened cassettes do you have? I have about 2 dozen maxell XL-II and XL-IIs. with a few metal in there.

You're in luck. One has just become available

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vint...;hash=item3cbc5add77

Quite frantic bidding till the end, and went for a good price since it was in good condition along with being supplied with the original case and what appears to be its original ear buds.

@ aiwa walkman vintage fan - So did you bid and win?

Those headphones look so similar to some Sony 'Fontopia' headphones I got in the late 80s. Aiwa & Sony were closely related then, yes?

These aren't the original phones for this unit.

They are really old AIWA ear buds, but what should this model have had?

Superb, let's see some pics when it comes through

Has anyone ever seen an HS-R9??

Has anyone ever seen an HS-R9??

 Just now in the above picture  

Just got my 3rd HS-T09. 

Loving it! Worth every penny. 

@Aiwa walkman vintage fan, where did you dig those beautiful R9 Pictures from?

why won't you ask the guy who took 'em? 

Hey Bonzo I've sent you a PM.

It is not impossible to find as patience is the key. Mind you it helps as i have one but sadly it does not work.

In what way does it not work?

Twin towers of power. Even if they don't sound as good as a Sony (WM-100mkII in foreground)

Gotcha. Lemme get back to you

Hey so i just came upon a HS-G600. Was interested in knowing its value. It Works! and sounds good. The open button doesnt work right and the direction buttons are semi working.

Somehow- Just can't get too many.