The Personal Stereos - Part 1: The big haul
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2017
- A treat for you vintage audio fans out there, a walkman haul which I picked up, I had no idea what was inside this box and what I would find, so I decided to share my first discovery. The walkmans come untested and most likely need restoration which is what the other parts will be about.
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Ms Lemon! I have specifications for replacement rubber O-rings to serve in place of the two idler tires in that Toshiba KT model, of which no modern replacements seem to be available. I used a digital caliper to get the approximate dimensions. The bigger tire around the take up reel: O ring with 2mm thickness and 22mm outside diameter (or slightly smaller, around 20-21mm). The smaller tire: 1.5mm thickness, 12mm outside diameter.
These idlers fall apart over time, as you know, and in the case of my Kt-R2 (same mechanism), resulted in chewed up tapes. I hope you're able to see this comment and hopefully be able to replace the idler(s) when necessary. I did need to make sure the rubber O rings were put on straight, not twisted around, so make sure of that.
Chrome dust caps on speakers are a trademark for the 80s.
What a surprise I had those speakers in 1985 they came in a blue carry bag and I was very pleased I could use them outside.
Subscribed.... So much quarantine stuff in your channel.... 😃😃😃
RIP my Sharp Minidisc. I fell off a motorbike some years ago and it cushioned my fall quite successfully. The bloody disc survived intact inside it though.
Yikes! well at least you're okay, though I hope you don't mean "bloody" in the literal sense of the word.
My friend the Toshiba KT S1(or 2 or 3) come with a tuner pack which is actually a cassette which has the radio in it!!!
I had that walkman in the 90`s. The third one. I used it A LOT!
I never owned a Walkman, as in one branded by Sony, but I owned plenty of walkmans (if you get my meaning) back in the day. The best one I ever owned was a Panasonic one in the mid to late 90's that had all the bells and whistles. It was really slim, had all kinds of bass and treble controls, built-in AM/FM, and just sounded great.
Nice! Actually back in the day I didnt have any Sony ones either, I had Panasonic mostly, the first one was an RQ-P166 .. and the final one which I had was a nice slim one RQ-x15.
I wonder which one yours was (though I keep forgetting model numbers normally).. it sounds like a great one!
I can't remember the model unfortunately. I did a Google search but none look exactly the same. Mind you, I am now thinking that my Panasonic wasn't quite as slim as I first thought having seen what the RQ-X15 looks like!
It's slim as it can be for a walkman that uses a single AA battery haha.. any slimmer you'd be going into gumstick battery territory I think.
Whaaat?! That cassette player box is very cool!
THAT RED WALKMAN IS SO GOSH DARN CUTE
Also I love the idea of replacing the drivers and amp in those little speakers! They look cool so that will salvage them. Oh, and it will make for a fun video too ;)
isnt it just, it was that red one sat at the to of the box that drew in my attention :o)
About making a video of the speaker driver and amp replacement, i'm way ahead of you with that idea hehe ;o)
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at 5:30 !! oh my god! i think this is the walkman i had when i was 6?? i'm getting tons of moments of recognition which i've not had with any other walkman before. it's at least quite similar. wowie. i listened to so many audiobooks so much on that thing.
7:41 ! whoa! there it is again! i'm 90% sure my dad had that bright yellow SPORTS model!!
It's always great to see a comment of someone reminiscing :o)
I'm sure you figured it out by now, but I have the same Toshiba walkman. The radio portion is actually just like a cassette you insert. Blue for FM red for AM. Too bad your didnt come with the tuner portion. I have the Blue FM, never bought the red AM, I'm sure that would have been good to double what ever value this thing may have to have both tuners.
Yes, I was going to mention that too. I purchased one of these new, in 1982 or 83. I think I paid almost $200 for it. It quit working in later years and I tossed it. I wish I hadn't. The radio worked pretty well as I remember.
Really enjoyed seeing these "Walkman" stereo's. I've been looking at getting one but they are spendy on eBay and most don't work or sell for parts. I remember having one in highschool. Big 80s sound in your pocket!
They are getting stupidly expensive now unfortunately, especially any decent Sony ones.
I would love to see you replace the drivers and the amp in those cool little speakers!
The yellow Sony is awesome
For me, not too much to comment on except, back in the day. Batteries cost too much, I was more into car stereo's for my cassettes and I only listened to Vinyl at home. Well, I take that back, I did listen to cassette tape compilations once in while at home. I always wanted to use cassetes for my car. My 70 Chevelle 350 hot rodded out with 50's in the back I used to cruise the mall and drag race every weekend on the streets. Used Cassettes in my chevy everywhere I go. Portable walkmans never found much a use for them. But they are cool. I really like your old school tape recorder tin case! That's my fav thing in this video :)Besides your sweet voice! :)
Batteries did cost a lot actually! i'm thankful that now I have eneloop rechargables, they last way longer than any battery I remembered from back in the day... rechargeables back then were bleh!
I couldnt resist getting that tape recorder tin case when I saw it... and thanks for the sweet words :o)
i'm glad you enjoyed the video.
"Where's your model number dude?" in that amazing accent! Video was worth the watching just for the first Walkman!
I actually have the higher end counterpart to the red one, the WM-F1. It came out in 1982. The only real difference is that the wm f1 had a built in radio and was only offered in silver. It's actually a pretty nice machine even though it's overall one of the cheaper models.
This is gonna be awesome! Can't wait see the restoration videos. :)
I'm pretty sure all the way n Australia I've heard a similar version of Don't let me be misunderstood. After seeing this I did a search. Is that Ishtar Alabina: Lolole? I kept hearing the Spanish language in your videos, but didn't assume that's where you were based, because I think I heard some French words in one of your other videos. And your videos are mainly in English. Makes our videos more interesting. I like the Cassette player shaped tin box, btw. Thanks for your videos :)
Ishtar seems to have done a cover of (don't let me be misunderstood yes)
I do speak a little Spanish yes due to living in a Spanish neighborhood for a little while in my teens. But I speak Arabic and from Iraq originally, but I live in the UK. So I can somewhat understand Ishtar in her songs 🙂
I'm glad you're enjoying my videos, thank you 🙂
Wonderful video. If I may make an observation. All of these were meant to use 1.5 volt AA batteries. All the rechargeable AA
produce 1.2 volts not 1.5 volts. That will significantly affect the performance.
فيديو رائع جدا .. كنت اتمنى ان اشاهد جهاز راديو بين مقتنياتك. Video is very wonderful .. I was hoping to watch a radio between your holdings
OMG you just brought me some nostalgic memories from my teenage years.. I had a Sony Walkman WMFX491 and it was damm good (I still have it in my shelve) but I wanted to get all models available at that time lol.. I love your videos, your voice and the sweet way you make your videos. Greetings from Peru
I'm glad that this took you back onto memory lane. Thanks for such kind words, greetings! :o)
That AKAI is looking nice!
Cool vid! I love your storage box (the one that looks like a cassette deck)!
Walkmans great video looking forward to you getting the faulty one going very entertaining must dig mine out it's somewhere knocking about in a box.
Looking forward to part 2 keep up the good work
Hi Maddie the Toshiba had a cassette shaped tuner pack. This was a very good walkman. If you look inside you'll see so contacts. I never owned one but my friend did. I owned so many walkmans growing up but none these were ones I owned. It was so cool thanks for sharing Maddie as always.
The funny thing is, about 10 years back I had both the red and blue tuner cassette packs and wondered what they were, they are long gone....Now I got the freakin walkman and want them packs back :op
hi, to get the radio to work on the walkmen, you might need the headphones that control the radio....some had special headphones that had radio control in them
This one actually had a tradio in the form of a cassette which you insert, one for FM one for AM, shame they didnt come with it.
Yes, I've seen those on eBay... So u might be lucky + be able to get them.. :)
Hi Maddie,
You did good. That's quite a haul!
I've used vinegar on a paper towel or Q tip to clean leaking battery corrosion from alkaline batteries. It bubbles and sizzles as it eats the corrosion away.
Your Toshiba probably came with a separate AM/FM tuner that was shaped like a cassette. You would insert it in place of the cassette and, presto, you have a radio! To see if that's the case with your cassette player, look inside the cassette-holding space and you should see some contacts. That's where the tuner/cassette module connected to the amplifier. I'm only guessing that's what you've got, but I have seen that type of tuner before. If you want to find a replacement, you need to find a Toshiba-branded one.
It was nice to see you got a working minidisc recorder/player as well.
Regards, Tom
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the tip abotu the leaking battery corrosion. Yes unfortunately the Toshiba didnt come with any tuner cassettes, it's quite a nice idea actually!
I quite like the Toshiba one.
You’re literally like my dream girl, we have something in common, girls in this era might not know about these kinda stuff
Very nice I have a sanyo Walkman still working perfectly
Great video! I absolutely LOVE your videos!
Thank you! :o)
I had that Sony sports walkman as well, except I believe the sports letters where red instead of blue
Your videos are very interesting, all vintage items
I got one of those Red Walkman's for Christmas when I was a kid, it was my first actual Audio Device I ever had, and I loved it, unfortunately I was an idiot as a child and chose to cover the whole thing in Micheal Jackson Stickers, which ruined the look, I think I ended up just donating it to a thrift store sometime in the early two thousands, along with a Pink Sound Design Mini-Boombox I won in a Contest at School, man I really miss those devices!
Great to see these walkman machines, I had one myself, I think everybody did. Some rarities there for sure. The music you played always reminds me of Kill Bill Vol 1, as its a great song on that soundtrack. I wouldnt worry about youtube strikes, if you play copyright music, they just mute it out of your production, as they did with my Ghostbusters/Blue Busters theme, and if you talk over it, its fine.
As for Tapes vs CDs, as usual, its more about the Amp and the pickups rather than the music itself - as the perfect sound will always sound bad on portable speakers. Most people say they prefer the music to sound sharper and crisp like CD, but tapes can be warmer and sound more dated to the period, while CDs are rather cold and timeless, some records are quite warm and also crisp and timeless, but also have annoying crackles. I think the old 128kbs MP3s are about as good as tapes, and 320kbps are almost as good as DAT tapes from studios, but still not quite. To get that kind of quality from music, you have to go lossless FLAC or something. To be honest, many of my CDs from back in the day developed warping issues and delamination, so tapes have lasted longer.
brilliant review. thank you
Walkmans; Walkmen? Still have a huge attraction to me, especially the Sony ones. The design language by Sony is something that really works well for me, especially the 80s and 90s style stuff. There were a ton of models out there and they often sounded amazing with the right tapes. Recently dug up my old tapes that weren't lost or destroyed in my last move and found out that they still sound pretty good. (Recorded from CDs).
5:23 that Walkman we have in the home as well. The yellow sports walkman is the stuff of legends!
Tapes actually sound way better than people tend to give them credit for :o)
Sony were great when it came to walkmans/walkmen, the only thing that irritates me about Sony is their proprietary stuff, (batteries, headphone/remote jacks) but other than that there are some seriously slick models they had in the 80s and 90s.
Where did you get all those walkmans? that is a big score!Do they work?
I have 400 plus tapes that need a Walkman.Saludos Maddie
I'll take the red Walkman, it will go well with my red truck.;-) cheers
You will get them running in no time.
i´m like your walkman vintage! , i had an walkman aiwa digital finish the 90´s
Thank you 🎵
The gray Toshiba looks nice also. Hope that you can get it going.Saludos
I got numero siete for my 11:th or 12:th birthday from my dad. Remember thinking it looked soooo good. :-) Probably went well with my spiked hair and other barred 90's stuff. Remember using it until 2003/2004 since other portable devices were too expensive. Making mixtapes from MP3:s while playing some old flight sim with audio on = not a good idea.
All at once you bought in the box, Maddie? Nice collection already!
Hahahahaha why have I just seen your channel it is amazing I subscribed
Oh wow, that Toshiba looks wonderful. Is the case made out of plastic or aluminium?
The Toshiba is gorgeous, the outer case is actually plastic with bits of metal here and there.
Your laughing is good
what a coincidence that this week I purchased 2 walkman (or walkmen?) a Sony and Panasonic..both great pick ups from my part. And there you are with a big awesome walkman haul! that red one is very nice ..I think you should upgrade the speakers they do have a nice retro design. Also, the minidisc MDLP format is awesome it doubles (or triples) the time of the disc, I wish I had known that when I bought the MD home player! great video cheers
p.s. love the pronunciation of the numbers in spanish!
Niice! you just got a nice little haul also by the sounds of it! ..
I'm way ahead of you, those speakers, I have plans already for them ;o)
Hi great video can you give me details of what sort of products you use for cleaning and getting these walkmans working again.
Superb
I would not mind watching a restoration of the speakers.
Quite a neat stash there. That Toshiba looks a lot like the one seen in your previous videos. The legendary sports one... my first one was quite similar, except it had auto reverse and a radio tuner. The first one you showed, perhaps the internal record switch is stuck. Guess you can't be sure until you take it apart.
Thanks Shawn, I still havent opened that one out yet, but it's yet to come :o)
And about that Toshiba....Shhh! ;o)) lol
Nudge nudge wink wink say no more
Sony Walkmans do sell well on UK eBay :)
The Toshiba cassette player does have radio I've got one the radio was built into a cassette that you slide in that's where the tuner is in the cassette that's supposed to come with it
Nice :) Minidisc was a good score if you got that lot cheap.
Thanks Brek :o) Yes it was actually a good price, I got lucky as all this was practically sold as junk.
Amazing players very cool
Quando a mulher meche com eletrônica, ela se torna mais agradável de se ver, parabéns.
What a nice haul. You really got a great pack of walkies there. And the speakers are super cute. Well, I guess a lot of gooey old belts need to be removed from all of them. Uhhh.... except for the MD Walkman of course :P I think the red Sony is by far the ones that stands out the most and really is the prettiest. A nice rossssso. I hope your ears are still alright from the loud crackle caused by the one faulty volume dial. :P
It's that red sony which is what made me notice this whole box and sale, also that numero cuatro looked good, they were both at the top.
My ears are fine thankfully, that volume dial was freakin nasty though. More on that gorgeous Toshiba in part 2 ;o)
Can't wait to see part due :]
Toshiba is really the coolest!
Yes, by far. I feel that way about it too!
great catch!
The Toshiba KT-S1 is a great collectible model. The AM and FM options come in the form of cassettes, blue for FM and the far more rare red AM cassettes, which have the tuning directly on the cassettes themselves! Love the vids, keep them coming and saludos :D
I'd love a reel to reel, but my other half would go mental. 😥
Cool
super old sony cassete walkman :)
Okay, where did you get that tin with all the parts? I have never a tin like that before and it's so awesome. :P
Haha i've just found a store that sells them, though I got it from ebay (maybe it's the same people, I dunno) ..You can see why I couldnt resist the tin lol ;o))
www.webbsdirect.co.uk/cassette-recorder-tin/?SKU=901820&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7cutjZ3j1QIVA7XtCh1VZQFgEAQYAyABEgJzUPD_BwE
What sort of tea / drink is that ? It reminds me of the way they do tea in Holland. I was dating a girl way back in 2003 from there and she introduce me to tea like that and I have ever since then drunk tea weak with out milk. Anyway sorry to ramble on just your drink brought back memories.
That's all right, it's Arabic mint tea, though I tend to loose green tea and black tea mixed sometimes in this, with honey rather than sugar. I havent had tea with milk for years now.
Where do you source replacement belts for the tape players, of various sizes? How do you know what size to order - were there standard incremental sizes? Thx.
Hey Blake, actually i'm not sure about exact sizes, I just bought a pack of 30 belts from ebay and just hoped for the best.
There are a few sellers who are shipping from China or Hong Kong but I got it from a local seller, i'm assuming originally from those countries anyway.
www.ebay.com/itm/3mm-Wide-35-PC-40-135mm-Mix-Cassette-Tape-Machine-Belt-Assorted-Common-Universal-/322205496395?hash=item4b04f1b44b:g:t6EAAOSwbsBXly6x
Thanks, Maddi. I'm going in for a vintage walkman-style player and all of the "nice" ones need repair, of course. I saw a lovely Marantz that's not quite as small that I'm considering, also. We'll see...
I bought a sweet Aiwa mid '80s that has the battery compartment fused shut w/ corrosion and hopefully remedying that is all I need. I will order belts in case tho. #ebay
Apparently white vinegar is your friend when it comes to beating corrosion, I had the same issue with my minidisc recorder, the battery compartment was fused shut and It felt like it was superglued haha, Which model is the Aiwa one you got?
Will try the white vinegar! It's the Aiwa HS-P06 I grabbed on eBay. It's on the way, right now.
What kind of teas do you drink? They look interesting!
I Want one
Where can i find walkmans? The only one i have that i bought from ebay is the WM-F18 Walkman but thats practically it. I went to the flea market to and can't find any. Do you have any tips?
I mostly know ebay or flea markets only too, you got to keep a lookout for them, for ages I didnt find much, on ebay look for job lots or bundles.
MsMadLemon Alrighty thank you for the tip! Wish me luck on a journey to find walkmans!
I like ane tapes
According to Sony, the plural of Walkman seems to be "Walkman personal stereos" (although that sounds pretty strange compared to Walkmen or Walkmans)... ;-)
"Walkman personal stereos" ? ..That is so la-di-da .. I think i'll choose 'walkmans' ;o))
Hey Ms Mad Lemon. If you try putting those batteries in a sandwich or storage bag you won't have to worry about any of them rolling off the table while they're not in use. :) What do you think about that? :)
Already do that, thanks :o)
Hey, I love your videos! Very fun stuff, especially the cassette-related ones. I was wondering how come you speak English, Arabic and Spanish? That's a very unusual set of languages to have learned (I speak those languages too haha)! Where have you lived that you ended up learning all three?
Hey, thank you! Im actually Arab by origin, but for a brief period we lived in a neighbourhood here in the UK where there were a lot of Spanish speaking people. Some of my early teens were spent playing with Spanish kids. But I learned Spanish more a little later on in life because just like Arabic, I find Spanish a beautiful language. interesting that you also know all three. How did you end up knowing them?
@@MsMadLemon Ohhh that's so cool!
Well, Spanish is my mother tongue (I'm from Chile) and we are all taught English as a second language. I went beyond that and studied linguistics and English Literature. And then I just kind of fell in love with a lot of other languages and I had the opportunity to study those as well, including Arabic. I heard it spoken in Palestine and I knew I had to study it hahah
@@wanote26 That's really cool! What made you visit Palestine? That's not a common destination for people. I do like the shami dialect of Arabic (Lebanese/Syrian/ Palestinian) it's my favourite dialect. You sound like you're as fascinated by different languages as I am 🙂
@@MsMadLemon Yeah!! Honestly, the whole Palestine thing is a bit of a mystery to me: I don't know how or why I started to get very interested by its people and its culture, and of course the language. And one day, a couple of years ago, I just decided to save up and go. And I loved every second of it. I agree, by the way, shami is definitely my favourite variant of Arabic (although I can only understand spoken and written fusḥa tbh). Did you grow up in Lebanon? I must admit I know very little about Lebanon...
@@wanote26 That's pretty cool actually. Sometimes we're lead into doing things in life which we can't really explain, as if its destiny. The mysteries of life 🙂
Putting all of whats going on, if Palestine was in a better state, it is a beautiful part of the world, in fact that whole region is (the Levant countries). I've always loved the Mediterranean region and am drawn towards it.
I'm not from Lebanon, it is a beautiful place and i'd love to visit there. I'm actually from Iraq which is next door but I grew up in the UK amongst mixed communities, Arab, Turk, Spanish. At first It thought you may be Palestinian born in Chile if you're visiting Palestine haha it really is a very specific destination.
like min disc and red walkman
toshiba cassette player kt as10. I need a spare part how do i get one
Depends what it is, but i'd check ebay.
muito bom linda --BRASIL--
Have any personal cd player stuff in your channel??🤔
I still use them... theyre my bedtime entertainment 😅
Thank you! :o)
I do have some CD player stuff, this: ua-cam.com/video/qaoWg9QKVsw/v-deo.html
and this: ua-cam.com/video/QPqzLguOnxo/v-deo.html
Happy to hear you're enjoying my channel :o)
@@MsMadLemon Great.... Thanks For The links And hope ur having good health in such epidemic 🙄
قناتك بتجنن برافو بس حابب نشوف اجهزة ستريو قديمة يابانية
Sita six in Kiswahili,Arabic+Portuguese=Kiswahili💡
limon içmese konsantre olamaz işe başlamadan önce bardak dolacak😊
Saisho was crappy brand, they were basically the own brand for Currys (before Currys got bought about by Dixons and eventually replaced Dixons as their high street brand)
Thanks for the info, I knew absolutely nothing about this mystery brand. Except that it's crap by the sound that came out of those speakers.
No upgrade those speaker's
Bless You!¡
And you! :o)
MsMadLemon I love your videos, I also love your personality, keep them coming 👏👏👏👍👍👍
MsMadLemon I just purchased a technics sl-bd 1 for my pops, but he has a surround sound system. I had to also order small
preamp, what do think? Also how much Spanish do you know? Thanks for hours of entertainment and information.🙌🙌🙌
desafortunadamente mi español no es bien porque no he hablado hace mucho tiempo, y creo que olvidé mucho jajaj, tengo que practicar más. :o)
The Technics turntable seems good though I don´t know it nor ever used it. I like Technics though. And the entertainment is my pleasure, i'm glad you enjoy!
MsMadLemon You are full of surprises! Thanks for sharing, your Spanish is very good. Arabic culture is very beautiful!
I wish you well, and I love your freaking Spanish 👍👍👍👍🎧🎼🎵📷📹🎥🎬📼💿
The Toshiba 1 I us to have that 1
The number four wm 41 is used in 13 reasons why and now sells for like 150$ on ebay. I have sold like 500 walkman but never seen a red wm 4!!
stores.ebay.com/mansamusaventures?_rdc=1
what did you listen in the ninetieth except Michael Jackson and Madonna to? Still Paulo Adbul can???
You had opportunities to buy any equipment of sound recording, and to listen was not what! You also didn't suspect that except Bruce Springsteen there are performers
Bruno Gerussi's Medallion
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
Anna Gutmanis, etc!
Saisho stuff was purely terrible, particularly their audio products, personal stereos, boomboxes, midi systems etc. Own 'brand' name of the 80s and 90s for Dixons Retail PLC.
Lol! I still have a couple of Saisho stuff. And just one thing I ever bought from ALBA in the 90s
*hides face in shame*
Are you Syrian
Not Syrian but close, Iraqi
@@MsMadLemon Sony Xplod Suits yiu then, Not Sony walkman. Sony Xplod
@@arshadpc7691 Why?
@@MsMadLemon Sony Xplod - the 12 inch subwoofer
@@arshadpc7691 I mean why does that suit me more because i'm Iraqi? I don't get what you mean.