What was you first walkman and which was your best one? This website is peak Xennial nostalgia

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SomeoneHereIsMissing@reddit

The only I had was an Aiwa HS-RD7 (I had to look it up) and it doesn't seem to be on this site.

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superschaap81@reddit

I had 2 of these, maybe. Most of the tape players I had were cheapo K-Mart store models.

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piscian19@reddit

I was poor so a shitty offbrand of some sort.

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nickderrico82@reddit

Wow, core-xennial memory unlock! I had this one... https://walkman.land/sony/wm-fx421

Auto-reverse was a must for me! I remember constantly checking inventory at Boscov's every time I went to the mall as I saved up for it. I finally had enough cash after my birthday, I had my parents take me to the mall and bought it, along with one of those bulky shoulder bag cases that could also hold a bunch of tapes.

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BunkerBuster420@reddit (OP)

My brother had a similar one. I was very jealous of his digital screen.

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nickderrico82@reddit

Nice! I really wanted the next model above mine, which was similar but with the Mega Bass slider. But since I couldn't afford it, I gaslight myself into thinking I had the better model because it had a "more well-rounded" sound lol

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OhTheHueManatee@reddit

I was all about the Panasonic Tape and Cd players. The best one I have though is a Sony Waterproof Walkman, Listening to music under water is magical AF.

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BunkerBuster420@reddit (OP)

I remember seeing the ads for waterproof Walkman and thinking that we live in the future.

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agentmkultra666@reddit

Does anyone else just straight-up not remember what kind of walkman they had? I’m racking my brain and drawing a blank. Feels like a senior moment, hah.

I remember what the boombox in my room looked like, though i could not tell you the make and model. Maybe a Sony? I made about 1000 mixtapes on that thing

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be_more_gooder@reddit

I'm scrolling and wondering, good lord, how many of these did I have?? At least 5 look very familiar.

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TakingYourHand@reddit

Right? I feel like I've owned most of these. Did they break, a lot? Were they ridiculously cheap? I didn't have much money, but apparently I had many Walkmans.

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be_more_gooder@reddit

That's what I was thinking! I was broke as a kid but I had multiple units of fairly new technology?

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mindsunwound@reddit

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LiGuangMing1981@reddit

This one, in yellow.

https://walkman.land/panasonic/rq-sw20

It was awesome. Got it for my 14th birthday.

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dishwasher_mayhem@reddit

Yep. This is the one.

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AggressiveLime7659@reddit

YES this was my first one I loved that thing. Then I went to same version when I went to CD but I got way more time on the walkman I think

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brawndoenjoyer@reddit

Oh hell yeah, same one I had. Locking that tape in was so satisfying.

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jackatman@reddit

Digital tuner so you never have to listen to ads. Rad.

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BunkerBuster420@reddit (OP)

Damn, that's the G-Shock of walkmans

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jackatman@reddit

https://walkman.land/sony/wm-sx34

Seeing one you recognized deeply was almost like a jump scare. Those were so ubiquitous until I was 14 and then gone.

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TakingYourHand@reddit

Yup. This was mine. The auto flip feature was key! The waterproof feature was never an issue, lol..

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_Tux4Life_@reddit

Well, it looks like I had the WM-BF59 https://walkman.land/sony/wm-bf59 . Man, took me awhile to find it, but I loved that thing and took it everywhere for a few years until CD's got bigger. What a trip down memory lane looking thru this site. :)

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packetmon@reddit

I think I took the Sanyo MR59 through Europe in 1986.

But the one I used the most and I consider my actual walkman would have been the Sony WM-B53 or the BF59 or the BA59 (it's too close to remember which one it was).

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running_on_fumes25@reddit

Amazing that they were selling these as recently as 2004

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fishhead12@reddit

Not first, but definitely the best one
https://walkman.land/sony/wm-fx655
one of my first purchases when I started working a real job out of university.

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Curiousone_78@reddit

I think it was a Casio.

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867-53-oh-nein@reddit

Never had one. I did finally get a portable cd player in 2001. Had to buy an adapter though so I could play cds in my car stereo (tape deck).

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puma_pantss@reddit

Could not tell you, but it was from a thrift store, it was way bigger than a walkman should be, and I used that thing until I was almost out of high school (so.. early 2000's)

That said, I didn't buy my first cell phone till I was in my mid 20's in 2007 or so. Clearly I was late to the game on a lot of things.

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BunkerBuster420@reddit (OP)

That is late indeed. I think I got my first cell phone right before or after the new millennium. I’m from 1980. It was a Pocketline Swing which was one of the first affordable types of cell phones in the Netherlands. I remember my parents thinking I was nuts. “What do you need that for? We have a phone at home!”

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I also remember my first MP3 player - 12mb of space - I could fit 3 songs, 4 if they were short.

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BunkerBuster420@reddit (OP)

They had their own brand?

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OkBaconBurger@reddit

It was red and I got it at RadioShack.

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BunkerBuster420@reddit (OP)

This was my first one: https://walkman.land/sony/wm-ex16 and was given to me by my brother who bought a new one.

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Paquistino@reddit

Same!