The first in the My Most Wanted Walkman series, which features a machine I don’t own, but is on my want list to own. Along with a rendering of the player, I included interesting facts of unique and distinguishing features. The obvious starting point is the first portable music player, the TPS-L2.
High-end recording Walkman that was ideal to audio record concerts in the 80’s. All tapers dreamt of owning one.
The DD series were slick looking, high quality and sounded great. These Walkmans continue to be in high demand.
The world’s smallest cassette player had a sleek, modern styling that was slightly bigger than a cassette.
This was known as “My First Sony”, a child friendly, bright coloured machine, that was durable for young (and old) careless users. I need to buy one of these!
Featuring two decks, you can record from one cassette to another in the same machine. Truly unique and innovative at the time, it didn’t catch on with the public, as it was discontinued quickly. Very cool looking machine!
A machine that was definitely ahead of it’s time. A Solar powered Walkman sounded like a good idea, but to power playing tapes needed an extra burst of battery power. Regardless, I would love to find one!
A portable cassette player and mini TV set? This must have been the smallest TV, which was not unlike watching a show on your smart phone, but this was 1986. Such technology did exist, but the cost and lack of working channels made this more a cool novelty, than practical.
A rugged, durable cassette player that was built to withstand moderate abuse, better than most Sports Walkmans. Beautiful and beefy, never sounded better!
One of the most elegant and slick looking Walkmans that was definitely high end. Lovely to look at and the sounds were sweet.