The smallest ‘Walkman’?

This is a related tangent. Adam Savage with another YouTuber went quickly through a bunch of "oddities" devices that Mat already covered in detailed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uw3WIwnnOE&t=5s I like Adam, but compared to the job Mat does, this is weak compilation. Full credit for recognizing the job that Mat has already done on these devices as well as another gentleman I did not recognize. There is only one device I don't remember Mat doing a video on and that was the reel-to-reel recorder. I have seen the 8-bit guy do an over view video like this on Magnetic Media. Maybe there should be some compilation videos with links to the full length videos to get people into the wealth of content created so far. As I watched the video I kept saying to myself. "yup, seen that, they did not mention this feature, you got that wrong" and so on.

Speaking of your time machine at the end, we haven't seen your one that brings back 'brand new in box' items from the past in a very long time 😄 Imagaine how small Walkmans would be if music on micro cassettes had taken off.

The Toshiba is obviously intended for 1990s hippety-hopsters. Their underpants were always hanging out of their trousers as well.

Great video Matt. Thank you. I always liked Toshiba personal stereos back in the 80s. Always reliable and seemed to give more bang for your buck than Sony. I did consider the one where the cassette protruded out of the case, but rejected it because it looked too fragile, especially for travelling on the Northern Line every day in the rush. Ahh nostalgia…. While I’m here, can you recommend a cleaner suitable for getting dirt off 1/4 inch jack sockets please?

Great video, as always, Mat. The protruding cassette tape design reminded me of that Sony Discman which had the CD extending outside of the player housing - a design that seemed to me to be wilfully courting trouble, like blowing bubble-gum bubbles in class. Your closing remarks made me laugh - brought to mind a scene from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which a Management Committee on prehistoric Earth couldn't progress their first invention of 'The Wheel' because they couldn't decide what colour it should be. Have a great weekend, Mat.

Mat I don’t suppose you weighed them?

Same thing happened when I made a video about the smallest microcassette recorder, the Olympus L400. People claimed the Sony M-909 is smaller, and it is slightly shorter and thinner than the Olympus -- but the Sony is wider, which puts its total volume above that of the Olympus.

Can't recall the Sony model I had, circa 1992, but it was the slimmest one I'd ever owned, and had soft touch controls. Sadly, it had a tendency to turn tapes into streams of folded ribbons.

I really enjoyed that video. Interesting to see the Toshiba properly after all these years and realise it wasn't that small after all and rather delicate.

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Sanyo / Grundig had a long standing partnership I think. I have a Sanyo turntable that's really pretty decent, sold in the UK, but in mainland Europe it was sold via Grundig.

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Are the conspiracy theories that "it can be done if you really want" already there for the Elbow? 😅 Sorry folks, it's analog, the speed needs to be precisely controlled, you would need a capstan and pinch roller for that... Philips actually created a cassette format without capstan and pinch roller, but it was definitely not suited for music...

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The smallest Walkman I ever had was a Sony. I can’t remember the model, but I had it in the late 80s/early 90s. My dad worked in an electrical goods shop and it was delivered by mistake. Allegedly it was never released outside of Japan. It was the same size as a cassette case but a little thicker. It ran off one AA or a gum stick and the headphones were hard wired and could be wound into It when not in use. Does that ring any bells with anyone?

See you nov 5 1955 Mat. Great video

I'm not sure about the paint colour of your time machine, Mat.

Can't wait for the "well actually bro..." youtube comments on this one! Let the triggering begin...

I saw this on a Facebook reel thing for the first time this morning.. then 2 hours later you posted a video about it. My timeliness is converging in to a single point of everything happening at once.

I think the unintended result of this video is my strongest desire to have a chance to peruse your storage locker. It seems you have every possible piece of vintage tech within that space. I have an idea: Why don't you hide a select number, (say five), of vouchers, (or tickets), into some consumable products, (I could say chocolate bars, but let's be different and say inside the lid of Nissan ramen cups), where the winners get to tour your storage locker. Each winner could also pick their choice of one unrepairable gadget. It would be a sensation.

I wonder - how does the Grundig/Sanyo measure up against Sony's WM10? Back in the day, I could slot the player in my cassette rack with my tapes - the WM10 was literally the size of a cassette in its box.

Speaking about Walkmans... Bougth the first blue SONY Walkman (TPS-L2) back in 1981.... went to Greece on holiday (Rhodes) in the late summer and noticed that owners of restaurants, bars and other establishment wanted to BUY the Walkman from me! Every day! "Yeah, maybe when I go home was my standard answer!". They were really pushy and showed me cash and wanted me to sell to just "him" and eventually I did... last day before going home: Got about 5 times more in cash than what I thought was expensive back in Sweden! Why? I asked "Well, we have absurd luxury TAXes here in Greece (1981) and no one is really selling these SONY things!" When I got back home. about 1 week later... I bought a new Blue SONY Walkman (TPS-L2) at discount price for about ½ the price of the one I sold... that was a great deal! :) Just remember that another guy sold his Canon AE-1 SLR camera for much more than it would cost in Sweden. :)

Nice dose of sarcasm at the end. Love it! And now you can expense the purchase of the Toshiba you bought so long ago.

Urghhh that Toshiba looks so impractical : any pressure on the cassette mech (eg . In the pocket) would slow it down and cause issues… and that open design!?!

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"Arse book" - haha - it's what we call it round here too. Thanks for another great video. You're absolutely right - that Toshiba is nowhere near as small as the Sanyo - can you imagine all the pocket lint that would collect in that thing? And if you do use the radio attachment - what are you supposed to do the attachment when you listen to the cassette? I am pretty sure some rich people would be regretting their choices. I mean it must have been super expensive.

If you are going to make a Time Machine, don't make it look like a washing machine. I don't want to be accidentally sending my dirty underwear into the future.

I'm sure this will completely end the discussion... (snerk)

Great stuff, that Toshiba it quite a device, but yeah definitely not the smallest, or best suited to being a jacket pocket either.

Toshiba seems like a crazy design! I am not surprised there are few in working condition with the mech being that exposed. I was a big fan of the Aiwa personal stereos of the late 80s and some of the high end Pana models of the early 90s.

I know it's petty as hell but I always take issue with non Sony portable cassette players being called Walkmans. I know it's silly but I'm old. Now this video is out. I will no longer be able to correct anyone on Reddit! Excellent video Mat.

Arsebook - priceless!

I look forward to watching this later. I remember many years ago seeing someone in London with a personal cassette player (not Sony) that was so small the cassette stuck out. I wonder if my memory has deceived me or if I will see this in your video!? Great picture for the video by the way.

Always happy to seen an upload! Especially since I've been getting back into the hobby lately