Reply With QuoteMy 80’s professional Walkman still works. Records and everything. My Fisher Mini HiFi still plays my 70’s & 80’s tapes. Though many tapes are snapping now
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Going through a few old boxes and found a few tapes from the 80s plus a Walkman.
New batteries in and it all plays perfectly.
It has some live recordings that I'd like to save on my phone so I can share on What's App.
I could just play the Walkman through a Bluetooth speaker and let my phone record but wondered if there's a better way?
I don't have a separate cassette deck any more nor any kind of recording device other than my phone. Happy to invest a modest sum.
No Nakamichi Dragon recommendations ideally...
TIA
My 80’s professional Walkman still works. Records and everything. My Fisher Mini HiFi still plays my 70’s & 80’s tapes. Though many tapes are snapping now
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You have a computer I assume? If so, you can use that with Audacity software and you can borrow my Creative labs device if you like. I used it a lot to transfer mini disc recordings to pc to convert to mp3.
^Superb piece of kit, Mick.
If it's the one I'm thinking of weren't they about £300 in the 80s?
A ''cassette to digital'' converter is your answer, ebay maybe your friend though it's possible that a WTB might work.
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This guy will do both sides for £8.50 a tape:
https://www.mr-scan.co.uk/index.html
I'm sure there are other places on line.
Thanks NNK, I'll Google that - appreciate the offer. I have a few boxes of old stuff so wouldn't want to ruin any of your kit with my inept tech skills.Originally Posted by notnowkato
Thanks N2. That's my afternoon sorted then.
Great.
Already I'm better equipped than the confusing Googling I did last night.
A few options I think.
Free is connecting your Walkman to the audio input on your mac/pc though these days they are generally just mic inputs and you may need to play around with Walkman volume (start low) and mic input levels (start low) and juggle them till a reasonable outcome. Though I suspect this would give a mono recording.
This Mac guide might give some pointers https://www.switchingtomac.com/tutor...nput-on-a-mac/
Or spend £20 on a usb phono input and use the Walkman as the source still
https://www.behringer.com/behringer/...odelCode=P0484
Or do this but buy a reconditioned tape deck convert the tapes and sell it on.
Or on amazon there are some “Walkman” that record directly to a usb stick for about £25 some good reviews some poor but could be worth a shot and return if poor?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cassette-Co.../dp/B076PFJKRJ
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No danger of harming it, it is similar to the Bheringer device mentioned. I have 2 so you are welcome to borrow it.Thanks NNK, I'll Google that - appreciate the offer. I have a few boxes of old stuff so wouldn't want to ruin any of your kit with my inept tech skills.
Just had mine overhauled, great little machine.My 80’s professional Walkman still works. Records and everything. My Fisher Mini HiFi still plays my 70’s & 80’s tapes. Though many tapes are snapping now
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Thanks NNK. OK will shoot you a PM once I've researched all the posts to decide on the easiest best solution bearing in mind most of my tech problems are PICNIC.
Very kind of you.
Hadn't come across that one before. Brought a welcome smile to my face. Thank you.
That’s the Beauty !Just had mine overhauled, great little machine.
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I found this in a drawer a few weeks ago, was my pride and joy in the 80’s - curious to know where these can be serviced as mine makes a horrible shrieking when trying to rewind! I think I had the recording version at the same time, might have a dig around - worked in Tottenham Court Road hi-fi shops as a Saturday lad in my youth and they offered healthy discounts
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I found this in a drawer a few weeks ago, was my pride and joy in the 80’s - curious to know where these can be serviced as mine makes a horrible shrieking when trying to rewind!
That might be the cassette - I remember that noise very well. Try running the rewind function without a cassette in, if possible.
Me too. I'll be using it now.
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It’s definitely the machine, makes the noise when empty - sounds like one of the gear wheels is stripped perhaps
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Loved my Walkman too which has unfortunately long gone but still have the tapes, it was this model WM-22, would love another for old times sake..
That is a common issue and why mine was serviced. The main gear has a metal hub with a plastic outer gear rim which cracks. PM me and I will let you know more.
The spec of that machine is impressive.
I always wondered what amorphous head was.
Sounds like the kind of thing that might improve one's experience.
I believe capstan servo is a cigarette.
Haha I know what you mean! I think there was a ‘ budu Khan’ version with fancy Japanese characters splashed across the front (as referenced in a massive attack song of the time). I do remember Dolby c took away most of the hiss but also the treble so stuck with the bog standard Dolby b. The controls have a great feel to them, in fact the whole thing feels more engineered than made, the whole case is metal and everything feels like new even though it had lots of use. Used to attach the line out to a pair of wharfedale active speakers for a bit of Duran Duran!
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Beautifully engineered.
Dolby C was a rarity, even on separates in the early 80s IIRC. It did flatten the sound though.
I remember recording one of the first CDs that came out (Dire Straits?) on to a That's metal tape and the quality wasn't that much different from my reasonably high level Technics CD player.
It was streets ahead of the standard Maxell tapes I'd been using. I'm sure it would have sounded even better on your DC2.
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