Sony walkman

[anotheoldgit]

http://tinyurl.com/36vq9qw

After 30 years, Sony is to cease production of tape Walkmans in Japan.

I don't think many will mourn the passing of the Walkman, but what I would mourn would be the passing of the blank audio tape.

What better way was there of recording Radio, complete with a radio cassette recorder, (which are also becoming scarce) one only had to press the record button, and it was 'on tape'.

Ah, those days of recording the top twenty onto tape then editing out the voice of the DJ.

Mini tape disappeared almost as quick as it came out, for the sheer convenience, what have we now to take their place.

[ChuckFickens]

MP3

http://reviews.cnet.c...1-6490_7-6543950.html

[rojash]

As Chuck says, MP3. My 30 quid Mp3 player has a built-in radio, can record direct from the radio, and also has a mic, so that I can record live music.
Compared with a cassette recorder, it's:
Tiny
More versatile
cheaper to run
Better quality (depending on the settings I choose)
Higher capacity.

[Hopkirk]

I'm amazed that they were still making them.

[anotheoldgit]

Thanks so much, I didn't know one could get these, and with Santa only a few weeks away who knows?

rojash, what player/recorder was it, that you got for £30?

[rojash]

It's a Sony - can't remember the model number, but shouldn't be hard to find in Google.