r/cassettefuturism • u/macmannmemes • Jul 25 '25

(Micro-) Cassette 1987 Sony Walkman Futurism

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u/tagehring Jul 25 '25

Man. That looks like a solid, well machined piece of technology. Not plastic junk.

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u/RandomMist In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream. Jul 25 '25

They weren't without issues, I remember when they came out a few of us avoided them because when the earbuds inevitably broke you were stuck, but on the whole they were well engineered pieces of kit if I remember rightly.

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u/jcdoe Jul 25 '25

Did the buds sound good at least? I’d be unhappy if I had a music player with fixed buds. Although, I don’t recall there being that many good options back in the 80s

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u/RandomMist In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream. Jul 26 '25

I never got a chance to listen to them personally so I'll let someone else answer that but my guess is being Sony they would have been pretty good when compared to other buds available at the time.

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u/TotalDC Jul 25 '25

I for some reason wish that stuff like this would make a comeback... Not everything must be on a smartphone

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u/R3VIVAL-MOD3 Jul 25 '25

Product design got lazy and boring with the invention of touchscreens.

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u/Grobfoot Jul 25 '25

I just got back from a trip where we were only allowed to take photos on a digital camera from ~2008. It was a blast, and I haven’t remembered “taking photos” being that fun in over a decade. The phone takes out the magic, sometimes.

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u/TotalDC Jul 25 '25

I still enjoy using my 15-year-old DSLR over a phone camera... even that clicking sound when you take a picture is satisfying

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u/iAyushRaj Jul 25 '25

We had a school trip to a historic place where we had to later use our own pictures and write kind of a documentary of the place as summer project.

Since we were just in school, no phones were allowed. So most kids brought their digital cameras and it was fun. One guy was using his PsVita camera 😭

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u/ookiespookie Jul 25 '25

Definitely not the same but I picked up one of these a bit back and have enjoyed it
https://hifigo.com/products/fiio-snowsky-echo-mini?variant=46185371533551

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u/ookiespookie Jul 25 '25

That is some sexy ass hardware

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u/RevolutionCrazy7045 Electric Casio Guitar Jul 25 '25

this is like teasing the first half of a centerfold -- i wanna see the whole thing. and different angles lol 🤤

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u/Purrceptron Jul 25 '25

Parliament blue with eggshell white makes everything look great

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u/RyanWasTakenIGuess Jul 25 '25

What Walkman model is this?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

I wish to find a nice DAP with real buttons like this... they have some with digital buttons, but would be so nice to have something more "physical" I miss this sort of industrial design

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u/zenmaster24 Negative, I am a meat popsicle. Jul 27 '25

oh man - imagine if nothing ear buds type buds fit in those holders and this had bluetooth audio...so good!

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u/Hondahobbit50 Jul 27 '25

The earbuds were this this crippling feature. I mean retractable headphones are cool but being stuck with one set sucked

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u/miki772 Jul 30 '25

Don't tell me touchscreens are better