Unearthing my replaced for my walks.
 

I decided to dig out a sony mp3 player that I brought over 12 years ago, and the can's that I replaced with my Senn's. They are closed back and I thought I'd see if I could get enough volume from the sony/sony paring and to see if there were enough musical chops for the lesser needs of the walk.

What a pleasant surprise! Detail retrieval was nice, there was a warmth with clarity, a little bass heavy but not excessive,acceptable sound stage, warm mids and zero fatigue. Hey presto,I have me old pals back. I must hae has taste when I was a mid fi lad. You don't need the big show in nature.

There is something to the idea of simply listening to music and being oblivious that sound can or should be analyzed...

I have nothing but fond memories of my sony walkman as a teenager in the 80's.






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Who can forget, I got the original Walkman too, and that Accuphase moment when you got your hands on the TDK SA cassette tapes. I think I got the final Walkman as well, that was all metal and sounded divine.

Unearthing my replaced for my walks.
 

I had a Sony WM-1. I used it constantly in grad school. It was simplicity in design and execution, a cassette player boiled down to the bare minimum.

No tone controls, no balance control, no Normal/CrO2 switch, big and simple mechanical transport. It sounded better than any of my friend’s more complicated players. I kind of wish I still had it.

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Before...we compressed....

My all metal Aiwa walkman was heavenly with my Koss Porta-Pros

We had an Aiwa record/ cassette/Fm radio all in one in the living room... Aiwa, where have you gone?

Look both ways…..