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| 488.1 | But how much do you want to pay for this perfection? | SUBURB::POWELLM | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be! | Thu Aug 04 1994 13:40 | 6 |
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There is always the Sony Pro-Walkman, but heavy for Jogging! It
has as good or better performance than many domestic cassette decks,
especially in the area of wow and flutter.
Malcolm.
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| 488.2 | Just need one for each arm... | KERNEL::HOGGAND | | Thu Aug 04 1994 16:52 | 8 |
| Um? Jogging and weight-lifting? Possibly, but I was rather looking for
a slimmer model. I've always thought that Awia and Sony were good bets
in this area; are there other makes worth looking at?
Purely for interest, but how much does the Pro-Walkman cost?
Dave.
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| 488.3 | | ESBS01::WATSON | Entropy: chaos at it's best | Thu Aug 04 1994 18:09 | 1 |
| About �160 for the play back only, �260 for play and record.
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| 488.4 | Will anyone work? | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Thu Aug 04 1994 18:11 | 7 |
| You see joggers holding walkmans in their sweaty palms, does this
reduce the 'jogging' that the tape suffers as opposed to having it
clipped to a belt?
Cheers,
Greg
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| 488.5 | | SUBURB::POWELLM | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be! | Fri Aug 05 1994 10:31 | 11 |
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Oh well, shows how long ago I bought mine - there wasn't a "play
only" version then!
For the recording version, I don't think that the Microphone is
included, but the (large-ish) headphones were.
Make you green - I seem to remember paying only about �210.00 for
mine WITH Microphone.
Malcolm.
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| 488.6 | | WOTVAX::SALISBURYG | | Mon Aug 08 1994 12:46 | 3 |
| I paid 260 for my D6C and 60 pounds for the Microphone, but the quality
of recording and playback is second to none, Most of the Hi Fi mags
still rate it as the best you can buy!!!
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| 488.7 | | TASTY::JEFFERY | Children need to learn about X in school | Tue Aug 09 1994 10:32 | 4 |
| Any Sony or AIWA model over �50 or so should be good. It will help if
the Walkman is on a tight belt, so it doesn't flap!
Mark.
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| 488.8 | | FUTURS::JENKINS | Norfolk enchance | Tue Aug 09 1994 15:07 | 11 |
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I've got a Sony WM-D3, which was the original "Professional Walkman"
prior to the D6. It doesn't have Dolby C but it does have Dolby B.
It is normal size and makes good quality recordings. The down side is
that it is a bit heavier than the average and uses more power.
I bought mine in Japan a while ago, but I was suprised to see them
still on sale in the UK a few weeks ago. I think the price was around
�120-�130.
Richard.
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| 488.9 | DAT Small! | UFHIS::JMASLEN | The wheels fallen off your day yet?! | Fri Aug 19 1994 13:44 | 5 |
| Just to ramble about nothing.....I saw a DAT playback walkman from SONY
last night...not much bigger than the dat tape and the battery....no
kidding......DM800 I seem to recall.
cheers fjeff
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| 488.10 | | MOVIES::VERBIST | Free the Files 11 ! � | Fri Aug 19 1994 14:20 | 11 |
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FWIW, spotted the other night that Richer Sounds (in Edinburgh, at least)
are doing the last generation of Philips portable DCCs for �140.
These are about the same size as a portable CD, suspiciosly similar looking
case actaully. These can reputedly play normal tapes too, and one supposes
that DCC recording would be better than your regular tape.
Any help?
Guy
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| 488.11 | I'd go for cassette medium! | NINFA::RUPEREZ | | Tue Aug 30 1994 12:15 | 15 |
| I've been enjoying the D6C Pro for about 6 years now, and I would
say definitely it isn't for jogging, too heavy, but it's the best
walkman you can have for portable music. I changed the cans comming
with it for MDR-V7 which are very suitable. Also is the best media
in price/performance since tapes are cheap and dubbing from CDs at
home provides excellent quality recordings. It's also a very compact
medium, since you can dub 2 CDs in a 90' tape (at least that was true
with LPs, now is becoming more difficult). DAT is of higher quality
but it's less reliable and has more expensive media. MD is more
convenient (direct access to tracks) but still expensive. DCC is bulky
(though there are new smaller models now), but you CANNOT record normal
tapes, just play them, and the new media is also expensive.
For jogging I'd go for an upmarket model from SONY or AIWA considering
size in first place and battery life in second.
Jose
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