Hello, I purchased end of last Year on E-bay an "AMSTRAD MODEL 606" that is visually closed to the SONY TPS-L2. I bought it as "not functional" for almost nothing and I fixed it. This is a nice basic walkman but I have absolutely no information about its history, I found nothing on the network excepted the pictures from the Ebay auctions I won (still available in the net), I tried to E-mail AMSTARD new owner but everything that is relative to audio is closed. Have you every seen this model? do you have any information? Thank you. Nicolas.
Welcome D Nicolas G, we call those models "clones" since they look nearly identical to the Sony TPS-L2. There were hundreds of them, most pushed out by companies copying Sony's early success and placing third party labels on them. In the old days you could buy a pallet load of players for resale and the manufacturer would put your name on them. Check out autoreverser's thread, this is one of the all time greats documenting these treasures. http://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/my-tps-l2-clones-westman-so-far.331/
