SCORE!!! WM-R202

[A.N.T.]

I've bought more than 40 different cassette decks and a couple of Walkmans over the last year, however I consider my recent purchase a real score. There is a story behind it. In the autumn of 1986 my father visited Japan for one of his books presentation. He was invited by Masaru Ibuka himself - one of the SONY founders. He had a great time there, brought back lots of photos (I still have somewhere a photo of him together with Mr. Ibuka) and quite a few gadgets, including a solar-powered wrist watches for me and my brother (I still have it on my wrist now) and a "Super-Walkman" - recording WM-R202. I've used this amazing machine for a number of years however at a moment of need I had to sell it and thought that I would never see this model again. I was wrong. A chance ebay auction and this morning I've receved a small package in the post. It looks almost new, it works fine, it sounds great - just as I remember it. It has auto-reverse for both playback and recording, microphone input, Dolby B for playback... .

*thumbsup*

Here is a small album of photos. (http://www.ant-audio.co.uk/Photos/SONY/WMR202/album/index.html)

Alex

[Naknut]

Great score Alex! Alway nice that you can recover a cherished item later in life and a very fine example to boot.

[Scorpion8]

Cool! I've got a dozen Sony and Aiwa models myself.

[A.N.T.]

Just for fun I've recorded a bit of jazz from a pre-recorded cassette played on WM-R202. Here is a zipped WAV file (http://www.ant-audio.co.uk/Tape_Recording/Sony/WM_R202/blues01.zip) (96 kHz, 24 bit, 41 Mb, 1 min long). Recorder needs some service (cleaning etc.) but even "as is" it has a nice sound.

Alex

[4tified]

That's a very nice player man. I wish Sony still made these, maybe they wouldn't be so hard to find.

[Dazen1]

It looks almost new, it works fine, it sounds great

Perfecto! *Spin*