From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!cw Newsgroups: net.audio Title: Please Help Me Buy A Walkman Article-I.D.: eagle.438 Posted: Tue Aug 3 01:28:22 1982 Received: Tue Aug 3 04:04:10 1982 I am considering the purchase of a Walkman-like portable cassette recorder. Because I would like to dub my own tapes from records and because I do not own a cassette deck, I need also to buy either a deck or to buy a Walkman with recording capacity. If you know something about these units, would you please advise me (and, because I think others might be interested, post your advice to the net unless you think it has no general interest at all). The following are important considerations for me: 1. I want to have FM in the portable unit. 2. If the portable unit does the recording, it should be possible to jack it from ordinary stereo preamp outputs (tape outs, probably) and it should be able to run from AC power (for recording stability). 3. A portable unit that records need not record from FM. 4. If I buy a separate cassette deck, I am not interested in spending any more money than necessary to record for the portable and for my car deck. In both these cases, ambient noise lowers fidelity requirements somewhat. Stupendous high frequency response is not necessary. 5. I am very sensitive to tape hiss. 6. I have noticed that cheap decks put a lot of wow and flutter on the recorded tapes; I am sensitive to it. 7. I would like to minimize the total amount spent. Of course, the units could be other than Sony. Please mention the price/value ratio if you know it and any other thoughts that seem relevant to you. If it matters, I listen to a lot of classical music, folk, and (to most net readers) old-fashioned swing and show music. No hard rock or electronic music, only (very) classical jazz. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Charles