First SONY WALKMAN TPS-L2 1979
Jul 16
2009
2009
http://www.vacuumtuberadio.com/SONY/1979WALKMAN/
Sony Walkman TPS-L2
Articles about the Walkman TPS-L2
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,123950-page,1/article.html
http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/Walkman.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3859903.stm
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/first284.html
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July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Great video…. …
Great video…. please see my collection…
…old radio from tag sales…
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Happy b-day walkman
Happy b-day walkman
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
If two people are …
If two people are listening you push the orange button so you can talk over the music.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
u din mention the …
u din mention the fx of the orange button.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
I remember that one …
I remember that one. They are sturdy and sounded very good too.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
I had something …
I had something similar to this in the 80′s. The last Walkman I bought was sometime in the 1990′s. A really sturdy “sports” styled one with reflectors on it. I still have it today.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
i came across a wm …
i came across a wm f70 in good condition/100%working.
i paid $1.00 (u.s.)
only uses a 1.5 batt
remarkable quality.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
lol ya or tell them …
lol ya or tell them how many gigs of video space you have? I love these old sonys so much though
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
I remember getting …
I remember getting one of these in the early 80s. Everyone had one just as most have a media player today. I loved that old walkman and love your reviews. They are always so elegantly insightful. You can tell that your heart is in this
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
lol, that would be …
lol, that would be fun.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
man, id give …
man, id give anything to go back in time to show off my ipod just to hear someone ask, “where do you put the tape in?”
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Sony does make good …
Sony does make good quality equipment and it is durable too.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
The Sony Walkman is …
The Sony Walkman is considered to be the first portable music player as we know it now. I have a 1983 WM-F1 Walkman that still works good as new, including auto reverse, though the entire case is made of plastic. It sounds great though!
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
The CassetteMaster …
The CassetteMaster has this one. It could not be in better hands. Thanks for the info.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
The earliest TPS-L2 …
The earliest TPS-L2′s imported to the United States (the first 30,000) had the word ‘STEREO’ embossed on the cassette compartment door along with the tape direction arrow. Sony’s marketing department later came up with the term ‘Walkman’ and they changed the embossed markings on the door to what you see on this unit. Six years ago, I saw one sell for $400 on eBay. The following week, I put mine on eBay. I wasn’t as lucky, it sold for $100.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
I can too, thanks.
I can too, thanks.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Thanks for showing …
Thanks for showing this.
I didn’t get mine till later in the game.
I can still remembwr when Auto Reverse was considered a ‘hot new feature’.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
eBay is about the …
eBay is about the best place. You might set up a search on eBay to email you if someone puts up a TPS-L2. This one I gave to the cassettemaster about a year ago. It is a very collectable and hard to find item. Good luck on your search.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Where can i fine …
Where can i fine one? I can’t fine one like that on ebay it looks really nice
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
yeah there should …
yeah there should be a speed adjustment but youll have to open the case and look for a variable resistor near the motor or on the motor that adjusts the motor speed and use a prerecorded tape and ff to the middle of it and adjust the speed to your liking
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
oh and scratch my …
oh and scratch my last commenst i thought i fixed it but i did nothing its still playing fast
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
hey thanks for the …
hey thanks for the post about that the walkman plays excellent now i opened it and found that adjustment thing and it works wonderfull and plays very loudly better then ipods i think
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
do you know how …
do you know how they opened it up that would be great if i could fix mine i hate to throw it out cause i still play cassettes every day of the week
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
I remember when I …
I remember when I always used to buy the latest walkman models, they always seemed to play a little too fast. Apparantly there’s an internal setting that adjusts speed, and a Sony tech at the local repair shop went in and adjusted mine for me. That slight too-fast speed always drove me crazy.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Thanks. There maybe …
Thanks. There maybe a speed setting inside. I would try and contact Sony Technical Support to see if they could help. Also you might try asking the YouTuber CassetteMaster for some ideas.