Why can’t anyone license the Walkman mechanism & circuitry from Sony? All of the engineering and refinement was done decades ago to provide a top notch product. This new player on offer here is like reinventing the wheel, starting at a primitive level, rather than leveraging prior technology. A non-sensical step backwards as if we experienced an EMP or other global catastrophe and had to start designs from scratch. Better to build on the shoulders of giants.

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

I hear ya!

I have one, and I love mine.

@Giggens

7 күн бұрын

Awesome!

Love that Bo Burnham, not so subtly chilling in the background.

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, such a great album/special!

Once they can license with Dolby again for noise reduction, I’d rather seek out a good used Sony with those technologies.

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

Anything Sony up until the late 90s is awesome for tapes!

@BeatleDustino

Жыл бұрын

@@Giggens I’ve been getting a lot of cassettes lately, so need to start finding a decent player. A noise reduction of some kind would be a must though.

@dabackdaboot9504

6 ай бұрын

Did you mean UNTIL they can license with Dolby?

@BeatleDustino

6 ай бұрын

@@dabackdaboot9504 yes. Doubt it will ever happen though.

I’ve been following this project from the kickstarter days and your review has helped me make my decision to take the step and purchase one. It’s not perfect, it needs some tweeks and the price tag is a little higher than I like but this machine so far is the best portable cassette player I’ve seen since the ‘good ol’ days’ 😉. Thanks for your honest review!

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

It's a lot of fun!

Do we still need to use DACs with new and/classic portable cassette or CD players?

nice review! i’m indecisive whether to buy this one or the mulann B-1000EW or the dirt tapes tape roller plus, do you have any suggestion?

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

I havent used the dirt tapes yet!

You cant change the lithium batteries without difficulty, and the manual says the batteries only last 5 years or so

Great review man. Got one on the way. I read that you can record onto this as well. I’ll probably figure it out when I get it. Do you know how that works?

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

Haven't seen a record function yet, but maybe I missed it!

@Fr4nkju5tFr4nk

7 ай бұрын

It's a recorder ;) That's why it has a line in :D @@Giggens

Wow Giggens! This looks awesome!❤❤❤

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

It's a great player!

Is the motor genuine Mabuchi?

Funny. I was playing that tape in my car recently.

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

Can't go wrong there!

Wow the heads look clean. So they should as they are NEW! It has some weight - that would be the lithium battery. Aluminium case? Yes, I do own one. It's acceptable but not worth the price. Do you think walking around with it clipped to your belt would sound good? You must like wobbly music.

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

The wobblier the better!

Does it have anti-rolling or music search ?

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

Sadly no!

I'm on the fence as the price is a bit steep. How does it sound with cassettes from the 70s and 80s??

@Giggens

5 ай бұрын

Sounds great!

I hardly had any volume on mine, I turned it all the way up and could hardly hear anything on different headphones. I’m wondering if mine might be a defect😢

@Giggens

2 ай бұрын

Could be!

Kirt Cobain Keith Richards not sure who Sergio is

@yannickchauveau10

24 күн бұрын

it's for Serge Gainsbourg, a very famous french composer and singer !

Only issue is the non removable battery

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

True!

@620film

Жыл бұрын

@@Giggens A German tech made this video, about accessing the inside for belt and battery replacement: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZyLpsN6msfKdpM.html

@lawrencedevere2242

8 ай бұрын

You can but you need an 18650 with the XH2.54 connector, and would most likely need to solder the board protection lead to the battery also.

A cheap Bic ball point pen is suitable for manually spinning the cassette hubs.

t is good? What is your score from 0 to 10?

@Giggens

3 ай бұрын

It's awesome, I'd say an 8!

I think this clip needs chapters big time!

Great review! I'm getting one as soon as my refund arrives! :)

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

It's alot of fun!

The Bluetooth pairing is terrible. I've returned my first one because of this. If the second one does not have an improved Bluetooth, I'm moving on to a non Bluetooth Fiio.

$159? Nah, pass.

@Giggens

Жыл бұрын

I know, it's pricey!

@compulof

Жыл бұрын

The price seems pretty on par with other higher quality Walkman cassette players from the past. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@petergoldberg6293

11 ай бұрын

Yes if you compare the price of $159 today it’s about what a good walk van cost back in the late 80s early 90s. I could’ve gotten one of the original units only for $110 or less but didn’t want to wait for the long delay and they gave my money back. I heard a second version is better than the first version