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myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music7 months ago

i was thinking today about what a great invention the mp3 player is. we can fit thousands of songs on to a device that's smaller than an audio cassette.


i remember owning one of those portable cassette players, a walkman. it was a small, slim model but was still bulky compared to the biggest ipod and i had to also carry a large amount of cassettes whenever i wanted to take my walkman on a train journey or to the beach.


do you still own a walkman, if so do you still use it?
do you know anyone who still uses a walkman?




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21. myLot reputation of 87/100. gloamglozer (654)   ranked 893 out of 9,092 in listening to music   7 months ago

I still use a walkman right now, I used it today even. But it isnt the old cassete tape walkman in your picture that you posted but an actual mp3 player that is called a walkman as well.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

i think they still make the phone called walkman aswell, the name will always live on happy

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22. vaibhavratnaparkhi (67)   7 months ago

Hi Robert,
I remember i had a SONY walkman a few years ago, when i was in school.
It was a funk gadget at that time. But with the introduction of discmans (first) and then the ipods & other flash based music players, carrying the huge walkman(compared to the size of the ipod)....becomes a huge headache...
So a couple of months back i put my walkman into the junk....
How about you??
Regards,
Vaibhav


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

i was bought one of the early walkmans for my birthday in 1982, i still have it and it works but i don't use it. i bought several different ones and the last one is a slim aluminium one, about seven years old. i used that for a couple of years then i bought an mp3 player. i now have an ipod nano...smaller than a pack or batteries for the walkmans happy

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23. myLot reputation of 99/100. hotsummer (2746)   ranked 315 out of 9,092 in listening to music   7 months ago

walkman was so cheap. the one i bought when i was about 12. was about $5. i was able to buy it by saving from my school allowance. it took a month for me to save up that amount. actually the radio signal was not good. and the sound was not that good. it is loud enough though. but it eats so much batteries. i feel that it was no good and didn't use it that much. only used for for a few times. then it just left sitting inside the drawer till it broke down.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

the batteries were a pain and the radio's were never good. i remember them costing a small fortune in the early 80s but they were being given away with cassettes at an airpot the last time i saw one in a shop lol

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24. myLot reputation of 78/100. Mikaela_taz25 (1052)   ranked 4,753 out of 9,092 in listening to music   7 months ago

lolwow thank god i had a chance to see this topic. Yes, I had a walkman way back highschool before the Cd player became popular but i seldom use tapes for listening music, i prefer to listen to radio back then because i don't like buying expensive tapes and those who lasted longer than i want. lol


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

i hated all those tapes and before cd's were popular we had to copy from vinyl to cassette, not good if we were making a compilation lol

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25. myLot reputation of 80/100. pingi68 (233)   ranked 6,701 out of 9,092 in listening to music   7 months ago

i had a walkman when i was young.
it was so big! and also heavy.

now i have an ipod and i love it!


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

i love my ipod, it's hard to believe how it can hold so much music aswell as video's. it's like having a jukebox in my pocket happy

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26. myLot reputation of 96/100. katsmeow1213 (4890)   ranked 137 out of 9,092 in listening to music   7 months ago

I used to have a CD walkman in high school that I used everyday when I walked to and from school, then after that I had a regular cassette walkman and made my own tapes to listen to when I took the bus places. I remember when the batteries were dying I'd hit play and fast forward at the same time to speed the tapes up more. I don't own a walkman now, I just have an mp3 player.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

i never heard of the play/fast forward trick...i'm years too late and behind the times lol lol

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27. killerblowXIII (84)   7 months ago

yea i use to have....but now it has been dominated by my Ipod...


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

same here, no more piles of cassettes weighing me down happy

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28. myLot reputation of 64/100. ivana980 (119)   ranked 5,935 out of 9,092 in listening to music   7 months ago

Ohhhhh, the dear walkman i have one of it but i don't use it anymore... now there are the mp3 player.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

mp3 players are much better but i still like to remember the walkman, the best gadget of it's day happy

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29. myLot reputation of 93/100. Sweetchariot (974)   7 months ago

Well, I used to use a walkman whenever I went for a walk, but since I don't walk enough (and should) it never got used often...therefore I have never purchased a MP3 player as yet. I guess I am not into listening to music as much as I was when I was younger. The ony time I do listen to music is in the car, and even then, I use cassettes, because, believe it or not, I do not have CD player in my car. This constant new technology kind of gets me mad...all the things that you still have, and are still workable, can no longer be used when they no longer sell the parts to them....such as my VCR...I love my VCR, and it's still working...why do I have to go out and purchase a DVD...lol


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

hahha i still have a VCR, it does it's job well and i still record from TV if i'm out and i don't want to miss something. happy

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30. myLot reputation of 93/100. ANTIQUELADY (11320)   ranked 1,114 out of 9,092 in listening to music   7 months ago

Morning Rob, I haven't had a walkman in years. Never did have but one. I was walking one summer trying to lose weight & i sweat soooo bad on my head i drowned my walkman out. rolleyes


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 579 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

lol, you flooded it lol

i still have mine but never use cassettes now, too bulky.


myLot reputation of 93/100. ANTIQUELADY (11320)   ranked 1,114 out of 9,092 in listening to music  7 months ago

SURE did. u have heard of hotheads, that's me in more way than one. rolleyes I'M glad u still have yours, that was my one & only. Have a great day.

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