CoffeeGeek on Nostr: #NCP Went down a bit of a rabbit hole today, checking out vintage Walkmans. I won a ...
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Went down a bit of a rabbit hole today, checking out vintage Walkmans.
I won a baseball hitting competition back in 1985ish as a kid, and the first prize was a Sony Walkman WM-F10 model, which was at the time (and I think to this day) the smallest cassette tape audio player ever made.
Sadly, someone stole it from me a few years later.
Saw a video on a restore of the WM-10, the radio-less version of this machine, so dived a bit into ebay etc.
HOLY COW. WM-10s, WM-F10s, WM-150s, broken "for parts" are selling for $300, $400, or more. One pristine one with new belts etc sold recently for $750!!!
What's weird is, this isn't audiophile stuff. The WM-10 was horrible for audio. The WM-150, as I recall (my girlfriend had one) was really good for audio on the other hand. Those in working condition sell over $500 today.
#walkman #vintage #audiocassette
Went down a bit of a rabbit hole today, checking out vintage Walkmans.
I won a baseball hitting competition back in 1985ish as a kid, and the first prize was a Sony Walkman WM-F10 model, which was at the time (and I think to this day) the smallest cassette tape audio player ever made.
Sadly, someone stole it from me a few years later.
Saw a video on a restore of the WM-10, the radio-less version of this machine, so dived a bit into ebay etc.
HOLY COW. WM-10s, WM-F10s, WM-150s, broken "for parts" are selling for $300, $400, or more. One pristine one with new belts etc sold recently for $750!!!
What's weird is, this isn't audiophile stuff. The WM-10 was horrible for audio. The WM-150, as I recall (my girlfriend had one) was really good for audio on the other hand. Those in working condition sell over $500 today.
#walkman #vintage #audiocassette