the original sony walkman ....
i got my first one in about 1983 , xmas present from my parents , i absolutely loved it , at the time it was cutting edge
i must have had it for ten years , with no problems , they dont make em like that anymore , when it finally packed up , the mid nineties i think , i got one of these
much better sound , id travel around london by bus , even though it was slower , just to see the sights while listening to music , happy days (im not sure it done my hearing much good though , that mega bass was loud)..
I used to have the Sony WM-D6C 'Pro' Walkman with a Rega Planar 3/Goldring 1042/QED A-240-SA amp and Mordaunt Short Carnival 3 speakers. (The old ones with the all-round 'stocking')
Nice little system that.
Wow,when i went to sony waybridge last march.they have a few glass cabinets with old sony products.i wonder where apple would be now if it was not for sony launching the first portable in the late 70s.ah those good days of summer.will never get them back.
maxflinn:i got my first one in about 1983 , xmas present from my parents , i absolutely loved it , at the time it was cutting edge
i must have had it for ten years , with no problems , they dont make em like that anymore
Aaaah, memories of a carefree era in my life....
My big brother really wanted one, but was told "the Sony one [was] too expensive".
He asked Santa for the generic, but (being 6) couldn't spell personal.
He, instead, requested a "percy snail stereo". Bless!
I still use my sony walkman WM-d6c daily ... I have loads of cassettes ...
I often get strange looks on the tube/bus from the younger generation with their latest iphones and ipods ....
but what the heck, still sounds good to me and works flawlessly
Big Aura:My big brother really wanted one, but was told "the Sony one [was] too expensive".
He asked Santa for the generic, but (being 6) couldn't spell personal.
He, instead, requested a "percy snail stereo". Bless!
And what snail stereo did your parents buy for him?
I used to use something similar to the 2nd one when Id just left school
I loved it but it did have its drawbacks, I recall being jumped by a drug dealer which I never heard coming due to the big headphones I was using (Listening to Metallica probably didnt help either 
)
Ohhhh how id love to see him again...........
I remember my Sister having the first one when I was a kid with blue headphones and I was well jealous of her having it - so I used to hide it from her lol.
Then I got my first proper box/ghettoblaster so I used to blast her out with that ! I carried my music on my shoulder. 
I had one of the originals but in black with carry case my sister brought back from Hong Kong. I knocked two holes into the wall either side of my bed / pillow and mounted in two car speakers and connected them via a made up headphone jack. Great memories.
Not sure my dad was too happy when I left home, had some filling to do.
Had one of these for a few years from 2001. The all metal case had a really pleasing heft to it.
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