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I’ve found via Renzgi at Stereo2go forums that the famous very first version of the SONY TPS-L2 ‘guys & dolls’ is shown at Pawn Stars TV show. Looks that it’s still for sale in their shop: https://gspawn.com/1979-sony-walkman-stereo-cassette-player-tps-l2-guys-dolls-version/ I’m surprised that these units go for such a high price. Gosh! 1200$ is a lot of money for […]

I recently added two new cassette strips to my collection. One is the AIWA AD-F880 and the other is the Yamaha KX-930. I had no intention of incorporating any other AIWA since I already have two: the F800 and the XK-9000 (the highest range ever manufactured by the brand). Unfortunately, the F 800 has a […]

I’ve updated my original J-card template to a new version which includes 3 different generations: The original cassette case that was used from the very beginning to late 80s, which measures 13 mm height. The ’round’ case that was introduced in the late 80s, which measures 12 mm height. The Slim case that was introduced […]

I’ve just  found a nice page that shows a wonderful book made only with music covers from custom made J-cards, mixtapes and CDs. Actually is made here in Catalonia where I live, which made me double happy. I love to watch such tape art, really. I’d spend countless hours looking to every one of these […]

I always was particularly more interested in noise reduction: dolby B, C, S, dbx… it has fascinated me over years. I’m preparing a thorough, in-depth article about it where I’ll explain all details about that. But, in the meantime I just found this nice explanation of Dolby system and I think it’s worth to watch […]

I must confess reading this article made me think I must be an important person… or at least I have a somewhat relevant website. None of them are true, but I bet the latter is closer. Yes, The Hollywood Reporter published an article and they made several references as “according to Walkman-Archive…”. Gosh! If someone told me […]

I’ve just published my in-depth review of this my wonderful machine. Check it out!   PIONEER CT-F1250 Full review

I’m proud to announce that I’ve just added a new guest article, this time by Marian Mihok: SONY DD Series step-by-step repair guide for dummies It’s a stet-by-step repair guide, aimed to explain how to replace the in-famous broken center gear of most SONY DD models. If your DD does some sort of ‘clack-clack’ while […]

A few months ago I was contacted by the editor of Ynet, the largest israeli online news site. He told me that he wanted to do an interview to me, and I agreed of course. If you know Hebrew you can read it here: Interview of Walkman Archive at YNet Now what? I guess many of you (like […]

I’ll always prefer a real cassette-based one, but I guess there’s space in the market for something like this…