SONY WM60

I bet you like it because it has 2 headphone jacks and a 5 band graphic EQ. I don't have it but I have a Toshiba walkman that has 4 band EQ as well as only 1 headphone jack.

G'day Sir Badger ;-) I have a Black WM-60 in good condition and working.  I need to test it tomorrow as its not been played in over a year.   Will PM you with price if you are still interested.  This is a pretty rare hard to find model.   I bought mine 4 years ago out of Germany.  Am in Florida USA. 

good choice - I had one in 1986 as well. They're quite rare now & it took me a while to find another (for exactly the same reason as you). You won't be disappointed with it when you get one - good luck with the search...  

iso, don't I have your WM60 somewhere?

LET ME KNOW!

thanks chaps

JE - I am in Texas

I bloody hope not, you little tea-leaf!  

No, mine is safe & sound at home. I gave you a red Sanyo M-G80D, like the one on the left in this pic:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was it, still got it.

I tell you what I have just found, anyone ever seen a blue WM-60?

nope

just send me a black one

Would you post a photo? Love to see it

Arghh! He's done it again ! Count on my dear friend to have the only color I am missing I have a black , silver and red...can't wait to see that blue!

Oh, you like this one huh?  I've never been a lover of the WM-60 but I do like the rare colours.

So, here's a blue WM-60

Cris, you sure it's not just a silver one reflecting a blue sky...?

Cheeky git.

No, it's very blue.

if you get bored of it

send it my way

Aah, I didn't relaise it was your pic of your WM-60 until I clocked the background.

In that case, it's extremely cool.

...& we want some more pics

Took a video of my Black WM-60 and several photos.  Posted a PM to you.

Nice !

I wonder why Sony opted for the sky blue variant(almost lighter than the EQ sliders) in their anodizing process when a nice deep blue would have been emphatic/mind blowing After years of hunting I did get myself a wm30 in blue with the only disappointment that the brochures made the blue look deeper than the real thing

c'mon someone sell me a working one for 50 quid

It is a highly overrated walkman!!

it is just plastic and even does not look that great!

why is it overrated? who  did that?

I just want the walkman I had when I was young

It was only 60 quid when I bought it

and I bought a DC2 for 60 quid - so no way would I spend that much on a "lesser" walkman

i had one, and i rather did not like compared to other nicer walkmans

To be fair, the WM-60 isn't top drawer Sony. The DC2 etc. are in a different league.

However the transport isn't the cheapo plastic stuff (like the similarly specced WM-36), & the feature count was excellent for the money back in the mid 80s: Dolby, Auto-reverse 2 headphone sockets, 5 band EQ. The brushed metal casework makes it look more expensive too.

I agree, don't underestimate the WM-60.  Not only was it the last walkman ever to feature twin headphone sockets but inside the cheap looking plastic case lurks a superb all-metal mechanism.  I love the way that the auto-reverse mechanisms for each direction were completely different, very quirky.  That said, the unit wasn't popular and Sony dropped it after a 6 month production run.

How does the auto reverse mechanism in this model works? Is it those ones that rotate or slide the tape head?

PS: The WM-60 isn't the last walkman to have twin headphone sockets, it is the WM-DD33 actually.

Oooh, I do believe your right

I believe there is one of these units currently on sale on eBay UK.

Low start price too!

nice thanks