Hi this is my introduction so the website will let me post on the forums I love Walkman's now and hope to reach a god level of hipster because I was born in the wrong generation
Also I have a Walkman wm-3 because I'm meta as hell....that and the TPS-L2 was out of my budget. None the less I am a new cassette convert enlighten me
If you have a little designer beard, some tight jeans and an earing that looks more like a button a walkman might just tip you over the edge to hipster god level.
On a serious note though, its a cool hobby and although i am mainly a boombox guy i do have a few walkmans, they are like little engineered jewels of marvel. And cassettes are so tactile and gorgeous that mp3s just seem lifeless and soulless in comparison, they are for convenience and nothing else.
Thanks ikr there's just something about holding physical media and physical players that just seems beautiful it's like I own the music and am forced to concentrate on it. Using spotify on a phone loses its edge after a while and makes the music sound stale . Like I would go out my house everyday with a Walkman if I could but I just remembered I'm a socially anxious person I wouldn't be able to deal with everyone staring at it. Do you use your Walkman in public?
You know what, i use my boomboxes in public, walkmans in public and thoroughly enjoy it. Walkmans are easy to keep in your pocket or clipped to a belt under a t shirt, you dont have to be extrovert and show it off. If people catch a glimpse of it though they do like to ask about it. Let it be a tool to help with your social anxiety, its a great ice breaker and the interest is almost always friendly and curious. Boomboxes on the other hand are large, hard to conceal. I listen to mine on my lunch break sometimes by the beach, carry to the supermarket on a sunday when i have had a few drinks and cant drive, take it to the park for a game of frisbee and to blast some tunes. People generally love it, i often have people wanting to take their picture with it etc. I'm ok with it tho
You know what I heard cassettes are making a comeback and movies like GOTG is really making walkmans popular wouldn't it be amazing like by the 2020s we see people going back to using traditional formats and stuff do you think it's likely? If that happens will Sony ever start remaking old cassette players and not that new digital Player 2 iPod ?
It is great that these old players are seeing a resurgence but i fear it may be a lifelong passion for some but a passing phase for the younger generation. Once its not hip to be retro anymore then people will move on. There will always be audio people who love these old things but i think the numbers will ebb slightly as it becomes less trendy. I may be wrong and there may be an explosion of them. I dont think Sony will ever make walkmans like it did in its heyday, unless they could be sold in Ipod like numbers i doubt the profit would be there after expensive tooling costs. Remember these are electro mechanical so lots of moving parts
Welcome to Stereo2go PaperSkin I use my personal stereo everyday on my daily commute to and from work, like T-ster said when most people see it they want to talk about it. Look at this link to see how i use my personals
Welcome to Stereo2go! Its awesome! I took one of my Sony walkmans on a flight to Spain recently. One of the stewardesses was really taken with it! Reminded her of her teenage years she said. I like the fact that with a cassette you have to listen to an album all the way through, instead of all that endless skipping of tracks and random playing you get with MP3's.
[QUOTE="ianthepostie, post: 24895, member: 849"I like the fact that with a cassette you have to listen to an album all the way through, instead of all that endless skipping of tracks and random playing you get with MP3's.[/QUOTE] This is very important. Once upon a time people made albums and artists constructed them with tunes in certain orders and styles to create one piece of work designed to be listened to all the way through. Skipping tracks wasnt prevalent, people put a tape in and listened. First listen you would find a few tracks you loved, some less so but as the weeks went buy other tunes would grow on you and you would appreciate them more and come to love the album as a whole piece. Now people make singles for the typical low attention span of today.
Welcome PaperSkin! then you came to the right site I use them although I don't exhibit them. I usually take them either in the pocket or with the leather case in the belt. But I usually don't expose it to the public. What I mean is that I don't hide it but I also don't expose it. That's the big question about all this... Cassettes are back, but I don't think they come more than a fun object for people like us...
Cassettes are back for sure, we have about 20 new stores stocking used tapes. The best part is you can still get a ton of pre-recorded tapes for a buck or two, do like T-ster said and listen to the whole side and find better songs than the over-played, brain numbing singles that were released. I'm more of a hunter than auction site person and there's ton's of old units looking for new homes. You'll find boxes and walkmans everywhere if you look, they sold millions of them. If it takes young hipsters to breath new life into this hobby than bless them. My youth was full of cool music, tons of radio stations, MTV, Night Flight, concerts etc and every kind of genre imaginable. Music today just doesn't have the same soul and I feel sorry for the youths that don't have the same kind of connection.
welcome aboard WM-3 is a solid walkman. I like WM3 and other identical models like TPS-L2, TCM600 and BM12.
Some great comments in this thread. I still have fond memories of doing some overtime at work on a Saturday morning then going round the local record / tape shops to spend some of my earnings. Also of listening to an entire tape Time after Time - not Cyndi Lauper who I had on Vinyl but for some reason The Bangles - Everything, springs to mind. Going on Holiday with about five tapes as that was all you had room for. On my first holiday without family I reckon the Hotel Poolside bar only had about three tapes. One was Mike Oldfield Discovery and after hearing it everyday on holiday bought a copy when I got home. Even today I always associate that album with the Neptuno Hotel in Ibiza. In 2010 I lived in a house whose garden backed onto a park with a tall hedge inbetween. One day while gardening a group of people was playing music quite loudly. Thats not bad I thought only for them to change the track after about 30 seconds. The again. Then Again. After about ten changes I was very tempted to shout Play something through to the end.
Longman, lucky you with five tapes, I only grabbed one for a long trip, got to know the album pretty good.
I'm young and a cave dweller so I don't wear belts often I could only really use the shoulder strap things on my WM-3 case but I'm worried using that in public will draw attention to me and ridiculement from others of my age group that and I don't know where to get the straps from
