Sony Walkman TPS-L2

    This is Sony’s first Walkman portable cassette player. Originally purchased in 1979 by a very good friend of mine, I inherited this slightly bruised device close to twenty years ago.

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      Ti.mo, twatson, ash™, Pop Loser, and 68 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. John Baichtal (41 months ago | reply)

      Actually quite lovely, in its own way.

    3. crbassett (41 months ago | reply)

      This series is awesomeness.

    4. Pop Loser (41 months ago | reply)

      Shit... I used to have one of these.

    5. splorp (41 months ago | reply)

      @john Even though some dents are evident, these things were built like brick outhouses. I can’t even begin to estimate how many hundreds of hours worth of tape my friend ran through this deck. Although the headphones disintegrated years ago, I still have the blue leather wrap-around case as well.

      @crbassett Glad you like it.

      @tyler Snif.

    6. Locsei Szilard (41 months ago | reply)

      woooowwww.....

    7. splorp (41 months ago | reply)

      That’s a good thing, right?

    8. Be Somebody Or Be Somebody's Fool (41 months ago | reply)

      Too bad about the headphones. They were half the reason these things were so great. I never owned a Sony though. Just the bigger, heavier knock-offs.

    9. johnpaulthurlow (40 months ago | reply)

      love the way this is photographed. The simplicity makes me appreciate it all the more...

    10. splorp (40 months ago | reply)

      @somebody The headphones weren’t bad for the period, I suppose. I’ve never really liked the default headphones that Sony supplied with their decks … and I cannot use earbuds at all. I’m more of a full coverage Sennheiser kind of guy.

      @johnpaulthurlow Thanks. There’s no sense overcomplicating the process of documentation. A single source of soft, diffused light with a small reflector is brilliant in its simplicity.

    11. yusuf_alioglu (40 months ago | reply)

      nice shot

    12. daniel-jones (40 months ago | reply)

      ooh retro :)

    13. splorp (40 months ago | reply)

      Retro, but solid.

    14. Alan Kimo (38 months ago | reply)

      Tiene un buen diseño.

    15. splorp (38 months ago | reply)

      Sí. Es buen diseño en cualquier lengua.

    16. wiggiewormdog (31 months ago | reply)

      no more walkman
      antique now

    17. splorp (31 months ago | reply)

      Not quite. According to this updated article over at Gizmodo, Sony is still proceeding to manufacture a single Walkman model for the United States market.

    18. mabuti329 (21 months ago | reply)

      i still have the same unit complete with its leatherer case and headphones. still in top/ exellent working condition.

    19. splorp (21 months ago | reply)

      This one still has the “leather” case as well … and somewhere I have the headphones.

    20. Pinot & Dita (14 months ago | reply)

      Ouch!

    21. splorp (14 months ago | reply)

      Bumped, but functional.

    22. Pinot & Dita (14 months ago | reply)

      phew. at least still alive & spinning :D

    23. Monochrome (13 months ago | reply)

      quite minimal and elegant

    24. splorp (13 months ago | reply)

      Thanks. I really like the way these turned out.

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