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myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 590 out of 9,166 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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71. cruelsai (34)   ranked 2,963 out of 9,166 in listening to music   7 months ago

yeah i used to have one back when i was in high school. and the other problem back then was the battery. when you listen to your tapes too long, battery runs out (rechargeable batteries are not yet practical back then) and that's the end of happy sound trip for the day. Sound tripping will resume the next day once we already got our daily allowance (so we can buy another pair of batteries). Hehe... really fun stuff to remember.


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myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 590 out of 9,166 in listening to music  7 months ago

i remember the problem with batteries, i used to waste a lot by rewinding and fast forwarding...it was good at the time though, we didn't know any different so we tolerated it happy

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72. myLot reputation of 96/100. Tiamjr (293)   ranked 2,952 out of 9,166 in listening to music   7 months ago

I felt so excited when my mum took me to buy my first walkman. I was only a kid so I thought they were the coolest thing out. Then along came the personal CD player, and even that pales in comparison to the ipod and mp3 players you can get now.

Makes you wonder how we will feel about these in a few years time.

I don't have a cassette player now, but my dad still has his cassette player. My brother got him an mp3 and we keep downloading music that he likes, but he still prefers his walkman. He says he finds it easier to use.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 590 out of 9,166 in listening to music  7 months ago

i tried the cd walkman but gave up because it kept skipping. i loved my cassette walkman, it was the latest technology and i was always proud to show it off happy

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73. myLot reputation of 43/100. agent807 (114)   ranked 8,768 out of 9,166 in listening to music   7 months ago

I never really owned the Walkman in particular, but had a Panasonic tape player and loved it. I saved up and bought it and always had a ton of blank tapes. I took it to school and everyone else had some basic tape player, mine ruled. Dolby control, auto reverse, logic control (tape equilvant of changing tracks, it found the next song and played). Two FM memory bands on a digital tuner. It took a minute to work the auto reverse at first because that was new at the time. This tape player was a beast. Always bought the largest pack of AA batteries (Duracells, my baby deserved the best). Everywhere I went, it went also. Alas, it would be my last tape player when I played it until the motors could not turn the tape anymore. It was a very dark day. I made do with portable CD players, but without shock protection, they weren't much. Then the iPod came, and filled that void left by the tape player. Thanks, Mr. Jobs.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 590 out of 9,166 in listening to music  7 months ago

i loved my walkman although it didn't have logic control, that would have saved me a fortune on batteries! i also tried a cd walkman, it had shock protection but was useless, it skipped every time i moved.

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74. myLot reputation of 96/100. ShellyB (3008)   ranked 361 out of 9,166 in listening to music   7 months ago

I used to have one, but with the move I do not know where it is.
I stop using it because the batteries went quick and I broke to many cassettes. That plus cassettes are not for sale where I live.


myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1341)   ranked 590 out of 9,166 in listening to music  7 months ago

i'm not sure if cassettes are still made, i haven't seen any for years. i found the batteries to be a problem too, especially when fast forwarding or rewinding.


myLot reputation of 96/100. ShellyB (3008)   ranked 361 out of 9,166 in listening to music  7 months ago

There are cassettes somewhere. I know a company send me cassettes because I have an eye condition, so yes, there are companies that still make them but not like before. where there were everywhere. There are blank tapes as well for walkman and tape recorders.

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75. myLot reputation of 94/100. shhheila (1322)   6 months ago

i still have a walkman here and its still working! i still have lots of tapes around, i use it sometimes.

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