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Unearthing my replaced for my walks.
I decided to dig out a sony mp3 player that I brought over 12 years ago, and the can's that I replaced with my Senn's. They are closed back and I thought I'd see if I could get enough volume from the sony/sony paring and to see if there were enough musical chops for the lesser needs of the walk.
What a pleasant surprise! Detail retrieval was nice, there was a warmth with clarity, a little bass heavy but not excessive,acceptable sound stage, warm mids and zero fatigue. Hey presto,I have me old pals back. I must hae has taste when I was a mid fi lad. You don't need the big show in nature. |
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There is something to the idea of simply listening to music and being oblivious that sound can or should be analyzed...
I have nothing but fond memories of my sony walkman as a teenager in the 80's. |
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Who can forget, I got the original Walkman too, and that Accuphase moment when you got your hands on the TDK SA cassette tapes. I think I got the final Walkman as well, that was all metal and sounded divine.
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Unearthing my replaced for my walks.
I had a Sony WM-1. I used it constantly in grad school. It was simplicity in design and execution, a cassette player boiled down to the bare minimum.
No tone controls, no balance control, no Normal/CrO2 switch, big and simple mechanical transport. It sounded better than any of my friend’s more complicated players. I kind of wish I still had it. https://walkmancentral.com/pictures/wm-1.jpg
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Before...we compressed....
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My all metal Aiwa walkman was heavenly with my Koss Porta-Pros
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We had an Aiwa record/ cassette/Fm radio all in one in the living room... Aiwa, where have you gone?
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Look both ways…..
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