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retro - 2012-05-24 20:20

Here's another very strange and interesting portable radio cassette recorder made by Sony. Has anyone ever seen or heard one of these before?

Sony LX-1K

redbenjoe - 2012-05-24 21:29

retro -- you sure do find some novel goodies

ever wonder if any of these are //were prototypes and/or

trade show displays ONLY ??

ie --never in mass production

retro - 2012-05-24 21:51

Originally Posted by redbenjoe:

retro -- you sure do find some novel goodies

ever wonder if any of these are //were prototypes and/or

trade show displays ONLY ??

ie --never in mass production

I might have seen these for sale on Yahoo Jp quite a few years ago, but I was only interested in the more popular models at the time.

sushimart - 2012-07-14 20:03

This system was definitely in mass production. I purchased one in Tokyo in the fall of 1977. Living in Japan during this time was extremely exciting for me because I was able to see so many cutting edge electronic products up close. I saw a brochure for the LX 1k and knew I had to have it.

I saved up my earnings from working at a Mcdonalds in Oyama and I went to an electronics sale in Shinjuku and paid cash. I thought (still do) it was the coolest thing.

Recently I had been casually looking for anything online about this system but didn't find anything. I remembered that I still have the speakers and realized it had the model number printed on it. So glad I found this posting. Brought back some really great memories of pure listening pleasure...and a teenage gadget lover's ultimate possession.

retro - 2012-07-14 20:20

Welcome to the forum Sushimart, I can post scans with more information on the LX-1 tomorrow if you like.

ao - 2012-07-15 03:55

Sony constantly reinvented the wheel, I guess they were sniffing for the next walkman phenomena. This is a very strange one though, what's the small speaker for exactly or is it designed to work independently of the speakers? Love the brushed black Braun-style design.

deliverance - 2012-07-15 04:50

toshiba rt-8710s was similar . the top of the picture .

sushimart - 2012-07-15 10:45

True but this was years before the WalkMan showed up. This was pure innovation with a gorgeous combination of mobility and functionality. Sony was definitely king of cool and quality.

The small speaker was just a monitor of sorts. I'm thinking that when plugged in, the large speakers cancelled out the small one.

The main idea in this unit was mobility. It came with a shoulder strap and could operate on just batteries.

lav.loo - 2012-07-15 10:51

that is defo an oddity and new one to me Retro

very interesting though

retrodos - 2012-07-15 18:57

Interesting never seen that one before? Sony came out with some odd ones.

mnt - 2014-06-15 14:59

Do you still have this sanyo boombox with a cd player?

retro - 2014-06-15 16:04

Not only a zombie thread revival, but completely off topic.

samovar - 2014-06-15 23:20

when resurrected, old threads come back oblivious of their past. but when the going gets tough, the toughs get going: let Mr. CN walk among us!

andyboombox - 2014-06-16 03:07

great little blaster-this kind of thing intrigues me too

nevone - 2014-06-16 05:08

I am actually glad that this topic was resurrected, I missed it in 2012 and now I feel like I know a little bit more