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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:

 

AIWA Walkman HS-G08 & P08 Red

And the Silver version:

 

AIWA Walkman HS-G08 & P08 Silver

 

The AIWA P02, I guess the first autoreverse from AIWA. Interesting that it has a noise reduction filter not Dolby, something pretty rare.

AIWA Walkman HS-PC2 Series 01

 

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:

 

AIWA Walkman J700 Series 03

 

The AIWA P08 Series. Pretty difficult to complete this serie. Now I also have the pink one, but still didn't update the photo:

 

AIWA Walkman P08 Line 01

 

AIWA Walkman P08 Line 02

 

Two golden SONY WM-10 'Mizuno' special edition (I believe only released in asian markets):

HRA_5739

 

The world's two first walkmans with bass amplification: (more info in my article about the Boodo Khan, in my website)

 

Panasonic Walkman RX-SA80 07

 

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:

 

SONY Walkman Boodo Khan & DC2 02

 

Three top recorders from different years: the SONY D5 ProII, WM-D6C (sucessor), and the WM-R202, the smallest walkman recorder in 1986:

 

SONY Walkman Recorder Series 04

 

The WM-7, first walkman with autoreverse, logic control and remote:

 

SONY Walkman WM-7 Series 01

 

The 'curious' WM-503 in dark grey (rugous finish) and WM-504 with transparent door (pretty cool with a beautiful tape).

SONY Walkman WM-504 Series 01-1

 

The WM-600, a very beautiful design:

 

SONY Walkman WM-600 Series 01

 

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):

 

SONY Walkman WM-701C Series 01

 

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:

 

SONY Walkman WM-B39 Series 04

 

My two first WM-DD, silver and red:

 

SONY Walkman WM-DD Series 01

 

The WM-555, also one that I've had when I was teen (I bought one silver second hand back in 1996):

 

SONY Walkman WM-EX55 Series 01

 

The famous WM-2, DD predecessor. Almost the same external design, but yet belt driven:

 

SONY Walkman WM-II Series 01

 

And the two real golden most advanced walkmans from different brands, Panasonic and AIWA:

 

Walkmans Gold Series 01

 

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

Originally Posted by Maxim:

"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

DSGM1809

walkman.archive - 2013-04-27 13:24

Originally Posted by Maxim:
Originally Posted by Maxim:

"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

DSGM1809

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.