Os Modelos de Walkman Que Definiram Cada Época - Como a Sony reinterpretou a música portátil ao longo de quase cinco décadas - EP5

 

1997: MZ-R50 MD Walkman: Recorder Maturity

Portable recording existed long before MiniDisc, but MiniDisc made it feel native to digital life. With the MZ-R50, recording, editing, and titling settled into a usable rhythm. Battery life improved, reliability stabilized, and the machine receded just enough to let the act matter. Music stopped being something you merely played. It became something you assembled, named, and revised. The Walkman shifted from playback device to authorship tool.

Os Modelos de Walkman Que Definiram Cada Época - Como a Sony reinterpretou a música portátil ao longo de quase cinco décadas - EP4

 

1992: WM-EX909 Walkman: Perfected Playback

Auto-reverse made cassette players convenient but introduced trade-offs. The WM-EX909 rejected them by using a specialized dual-head mechanism to preserve alignment in both directions. Playback stayed consistent, the transport stable. Paired with an LCD remote, it looked oddly futuristic for a cassette machine. This was not reinvention, but refinement pushed to its practical limit. Sony wasn’t redefining tape so much as finishing it.

Lotus Eaters - "LYCEUM 8/5/84" + Orson Family - "ACADEMY 8/3/84" + The The - "The Venue 22.03.82" + "The Switch TV 1983" - onboard9 / bootlegsUK_9

 

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Lotus Eaters (lado A) + Orson Family (lado B)	Lyceum – 8/5/84 Aademy 8/3/84	ebay	1984	none	K71273	BASF Chromdioxid super 90 SM Security Mechanism Chromdioxid super SM cassette 2 x 45 min. 132 m BASF Aktiengesellschatt 6700 Ludwigshafen W. Germany Made in Germany HiFi to DIN 45 500 unrecorded Não tem nº de série na lombada   SOM: BOM
The The	The Venue 22.03.82 + The Switch TV 83 . This is The day . Waiting For tomorrow	ebay	1982 1983	none	K71274	SONY HF-60 TYPE I (NORMAL) POSITION NORMAL BIAS 120us EQ (letra a verde). J-Card ainda tem també os autocolantes.   SOM: PÉSSIMO Excepto as duas faixas da TV - BOM

Os Modelos de Walkman Que Definiram Cada Época - Como a Sony reinterpretou a música portátil ao longo de quase cinco décadas - EP3

 

1987: WM-501 Walkman: Stability as Identity

As the cassette format neared its physical limits, Sony stopped chasing specifications and changed tone instead. The WM-501 was slim, metal-bodied, and intentionally premium. It still advanced technology, but it no longer needed to justify itself. In the late 1980s, Sony’s Walkman advertising increasingly embraced stillness and restraint, favoring calm imagery over technical claims. The message was reassurance rather than progress. The Walkman had become a lifestyle object, and that confidence mattered more than measurable gains.

Os Modelos de Walkman Que Definiram Cada Época - Como a Sony reinterpretou a música portátil ao longo de quase cinco décadas - EP2

 

1982: WM-DD Walkman: Mechanical Authority

By the early 1980s, portability alone wasn’t enough. The WM-DD established trust through mechanics, using a disc-drive motor derived from Sony’s professional equipment to directly control the capstan. Speed stability was enforced rather than corrected. In the hand, the player felt dense and serious, its mass reinforcing that sense of control. The Walkman stopped feeling clever and began to feel dependable.

Os Modelos de Walkman Que Definiram Cada Época - Como a Sony reinterpretou a música portátil ao longo de quase cinco décadas - EP1

 

INTRODUÇÃO

Everyone remembers the Walkman differently. For some, it was a cassette player clipped to a belt in the early 1990s. For others, it was a MiniDisc recorder filled with handwritten track titles. For a younger generation, the name meant a slim digital player plugged into a computer, waiting on software that never quite behaved. Today, it might mean a gold-plated audiophile object that looks nothing like the original idea at all. That confusion isn’t a failure of memory. It’s the point. The Walkman was never a single product, but a name Sony kept reassigning as technology, culture, and listening habits shifted underneath it.

1979: TPS-L2 Walkman: The Declaration

The first Walkman came from irritation, not strategy. Masaru Ibuka wanted a lighter way to listen while traveling, so Sony engineers stripped recording circuitry from a portable recorder and added a second headphone jack. The result was not a platform but a statement. Music no longer required a room or a stationary listener. It could exist alongside motion. Sony didn’t yet know what it had created, but it understood something irreversible had happened.

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Simple Minds	LYCEUM, LONDON 7th.DEC.82 1. Somebody up there likes you; New gold dream; Colours fly & Catherine Wheels; Hunte & The Hunted; Glittering prize; Summertime Song; Sweat in a bullet; Kink is White. 2. I travel; Celebrate; Pro,ised you a miracle; The American; Big Sleep; Love Song …	ebay	1982	none	K71269	Comprei lote no ebay, supostamente gravadas por um engenheiro de som, onboard, nas décadas de 60, 70 e 80. Mas pelas poucas que ouvi…!!!! Onboard ???   SOM: BOM ++   K7 : TDK D90 Normal Bias 120usEQ Tudo a preto e branco except o 90 (verde) MADE IN JAPAN LOW NOISE   HIGH OUTPUT Precision Cassette Mechanism Normal Position - Ver mais pormenores técnicos da k7, na k7 1259 -
Stranglers	The “La Folie” Tour November 14th Norwich University A – Waltz in Black; Down the Sewer; Nothing on earth; 2nd coming; Non Stop; They Love to hate. B – Golden Brown; True Love & Happiness; Tank; Introduce to the family; Tramp; The Raven; Nuclear Device C147	ebay	1982	none	K71270	K7 preta opaca sem nada escrito Nem número na lombada   SOM: MUITO BOM

PSYCHEDELIC FURS (THE) - "Cherry Hill, NJ USA Emerald City July ‘81" 1981 + HUMAN LEAGUE - "Sheffield Top Rank 20.05.80" - onboard7 / bootlegsUK_7

 

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Psychedelic Furs (The) The Psychedelic Furs	Cherry Hill, NJ USA Emerald City July ‘81 A) Into you like a train; Mr. Jones; Dumb Waiters; Prety in pink; She is mine; Sister Europe; Imitation of Christ. B) Soap Commercial; It Goes On; Pulse; India; Fall; We Love You.	ebay	1981	none	K71267	Comprei lote no ebay, supostamente gravadas por um engenheiro de som, onboard, nas décadas de 60, 70 e 80. Mas pelas poucas que ouvi…!!!! Onboard ???   SOM: MUITO BOM   K7 : TDK D60 (ver K71259) AAF 0406 na lombada
Human league	Sheffield Top Rank 20.05.80	ebay	1980	none	K71268	Comprei lote no ebay, supostamente gravadas por um engenheiro de som, onboard, nas décadas de 60, 70 e 80. Mas pelas poucas que ouvi…!!!! Onboard ???   SOM: BOM   K7 e J-CARD: SONY CHF90 135 m TYPE I (NORMAL) POSITION Compact Cassette Etiqueta branca e laranja 2-476-007-02 3180221 na lombada

Walkman: A História Ilustrada (1979–2004) A timeline of Sony’s cassette Walkman models from 1979 to 2004 - EP.31 - 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998: SONY WALKMAN Beans

 

Between 1995 and 1998, Sony released the “Beans,” a line of translucent cassette players.

 They used iridescent or opalescent shells, with some versions designed to glow in the dark.