[net.audio] What's the best Walkman?

michaele (01/20/83)

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tekcrd!michaele    Jan 20 14:36:00 1983

	Sony has recently introduced two new Walkmans:  The Walkman-3
which is an FM-Cassette player and the WM-33 which is an FM-Cassette
player-recorder.  

	I saw the WM-33 at JAFCO and it looks pretty good.  It runs
arounnd $175.  I saw and ad for the Walkman-3 (in Time Magazine),
but haven't found it in any stores yet.  I personally would prefer
the Walkman-3 since I don't need the recording capability.


Michael Edelman
Computer Resource Department   DS 50/454
Tektronix, Inc.
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imm (01/21/83)

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harpo!imm    Jan 20 18:50:00 1983


I have the sony fm receiver only that sells for $50.00.
I am very pleased with it.  I use when I am doing uninteresting
work or running.  It is powered by 3 aa cells and they
last a long time.  I rcently bought a sony pro6
cassette unit.  The quality is excellent but the
battery life is only 3 hours on  4 penlite cells.
It also can record but it has no built in mike.
It has Dolby that eliminates the tape hiss.  I
was planning to add an amplifier to my car
so I could use it there.  Anybody aware of
an unit that would take the stereo output
and convert it to stereo FM so I could play it
through the car radio.  Or does anybody know
how easy it is to break into the audio of the
car radio.  The radio is a DELCO that came
with a 78 full size Chevy.

You may want to look at the Sony walkman 7.
It has Dolby and is play back only and cost around
$140.