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All these suck so badly compared to the last Panasonic I had. Japanese portable cassette players were incredible pieces of engineering. They were more a wrapper
by jwr 11mo ago
All these suck so badly compared to the last Panasonic I had. Japanese portable cassette players were incredible pieces of engineering. They were more a wrapper around the cassette than a player that you inserted the cassette into, with elaborate mechanical designs for bi-directional playback, auto skipping, etc.
- socalgal2 11mo agoI preferred my Japanese Mini-Disc player. 240hrs of play time on one charge
- fifilura 11mo agoI had this one, black https://walkman.land/panasonic/rq-s55 https://walkman.land/panasonic/rq-s55 The design was amazing, Apple designs of that time. Extremely slim and I can still recollect the tactile feeling of closing the lid. I felt like a king owning one.
- jwr 11mo agoOh, that's a great website! I found the model I last used: https://walkman.land/panasonic/rq-sx55 https://walkman.land/panasonic/rq-sx55
- philistine 11mo agoAll these devices use the same exact mechanism from the last factory in the world making cassette mechanism. Of course, the last factory is not the one that was making the high quality stuff with all the noise reduction technology; the last holdout is the cheapest mechanism there ever was. It's bulky and can't even take advantage of any noise reduction tech. A banged up old cassette player from Sony will produce higher quality sound than a brand new mechanism.