Walkman Series II
walkman.archive - 2013-04-26 15:14
Hi Guys,
Updated with more info and comments.
I was preparing the 2nd part of my series, with many more interesting models. Here you are:
The AIWA HS-P08 & G08 in Red. This player was the most advanced walkman player back in 1895, with a big pack of features. The G08 is one of my favorites:
And the Silver version:
The AIWA P02, I guess the first autoreverse from AIWA. Interesting that it has a noise reduction filter not Dolby, something pretty rare.
The AIWA J700. This walkman has a hybrid transport, with the play mechanical, but the reverse and FF/REW, logical. It's very curious. The white one is really beautiful and extremely rare:
The AIWA P08 Series. Pretty difficult to complete this serie. Now I also have the pink one, but still didn't update the photo:
Two golden SONY WM-10 'Mizuno' special edition (I believe only released in asian markets):
The world's two first walkmans with bass amplification: (more info in my article about the Boodo Khan, in my website)
My three favorite DD by design: (left to right) the WM-DC2, DD100 (aka Boodo Khan) and DD33. All three shares the same base design:
Three top recorders from different years: the SONY D5 ProII, WM-D6C (sucessor), and the WM-R202, the smallest walkman recorder in 1986:
The WM-7, first walkman with autoreverse, logic control and remote:
The 'curious' WM-503 in dark grey (rugous finish) and WM-504 with transparent door (pretty cool with a beautiful tape).
The WM-600, a very beautiful design:
The famous WM-701C, a walkman that marked a beginning of a new era (please check my extense article about this model in my website):
My loved WM-B39, a walkman from my teenage. Not a top-class model (one of the best mid-class in those years) but well featured yet:
My two first WM-DD, silver and red:
The WM-555, also one that I've had when I was teen (I bought one silver second hand back in 1996):
The famous WM-2, DD predecessor. Almost the same external design, but yet belt driven:
And the two real golden most advanced walkmans from different brands, Panasonic and AIWA:
Look forward to see your series! Please show us!
cooper - 2013-04-26 15:25
"ALL I CAN SAY IS "WOW".
plop - 2013-04-26 15:28
Beautifully photographed as ever.
traveler - 2013-04-26 20:25
R202, the smallest recorder in 1987
Really?
I want to know more of this model.
michiel - 2013-04-27 01:05
Amazing pictures!... Love the blue B39! And the rest of course...
maxim - 2013-04-27 05:08
"The 'curious' WM-504 in dark grey (rugous finish) and transparent."
HUGO
dark gray is wm-503
wm-504 was only transparent
correct me if I'm wrong
maxim - 2013-04-27 05:22
"The 'curious' WM-504 in dark grey (rugous finish) and transparent."
HUGO
dark gray is wm-503
wm-504 was only transparent
correct me if I'm wrong
walkman.archive - 2013-04-27 13:24
"The 'curious' WM-504 in dark grey (rugous finish) and transparent."
HUGO
dark gray is wm-503
wm-504 was only transparent
correct me if I'm wrong
You are right.
walkman.archive - 2013-04-27 13:28
Thanks guys for your compliments :-)
@Traveler: To be precise, it was the world's smallest and also lightest back in 1986 (not 87, sorry). It's just a bit bigger than the WM-10/20.
@Michiel: Yes, the B39 is lovely, and blue is rare. That model brings me a lot of lovely rememberings from the epoque I was a teen.