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   jh
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   My first portable was a sony "sport" walkman, the yellow one with a gasket so it was sort of waterproof. The clear plastic cover busted so my brother and I glued a piece of plexiglass onto it. Still have it and bust it out for listening to old tapes. Damn solid.

   Posted 3 months ago #
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   dm8877
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   Ha - I'm old. My first portable was a Sony Walkman. I don't remember the model, but it was the size of a largeish paperback and had a silvertone leather case that it slid into. You could change the tape without taking it out of the case, but not the batteries which I went through at a fair clip. The headphone jack eventually got loose and if I wanted my music in stereo I had to keep my finger on the headphone plug, pressing the connector to the inside wall of the jack.

   Thanks for the contest.

   Posted 3 months ago #
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   se7en
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   Sony walkman - the yellow not so waterproof one. When it got stolen I got an Aiwa, and when that died I got something else - the name eludes me, but it could blast Led Zep's In my Time of Dying from tape like nobody's business. Good times.

   Posted 3 months ago #
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   jstraw
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   I got my Astraltune in 1976, three years before there was such a thing as a Walkman.

   http://icechewing.huddler.com/imgrepo/thumbs/c/c1/Astraltune%20Powder%201976.jpg/1000x600px-LL-Astraltune%20Powder%201976.jpg

   Posted 3 months ago #
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   clumsy.coyote
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   I bought a toshiba walkman with the $1 a week allowance I earned. If I remember right it was 1988, and the walkman cost about $40. From there I graduated to a sony discman that I was given for christmas around 1991-2. From there I bought a Sharp MS MD-702 minidisc player in 1998. After that I stepped up to Sony's HiMD player RH-910 in 2005-06. I still own it, but it has unfortunately taken a back seat to the 80gb Ipod I bought in 2007-08. If I stilled used a PC with Windows OS, then I would probably still be packing my HiMD player around.

   Posted 3 months ago #
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   epsteind
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   I would very much like to get my hands on these as well.. Happy holidays everyone :)

   Posted 3 months ago #
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   Kroof
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   My first was an old JVC CD player. It was kind of square and was black with gray trim. I Used that thing for over 6 years before the lens finally quit reading anything. At that point I upgraded to a 32MB MP3 player from RadioShack (When it was still called that) with no screen. I was up town then!

   Posted 3 months ago #
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   techboydino
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   I rocked a sweet Panasonic cassette walman with some nice spongy headphones. It was hard keeping the ladies away with that one. Its cool though, it had bass boost built in.

   Posted 3 months ago #
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   jaredsmitty
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   My first portable was a tape and radio, from various brands, most recently, a Panasonic. I used these along with a CD player off and on. Then, I dropped both for a mini disc player. I carted around the discs all the time. I loved that player. I still have it, and use it occasionally. The recording on it still rivals expensive devices. Then in 06, I scored an ipod out of various broken ipod videos. Currently, I have a touch, and the new archos 5 android tablet.

   Posted 3 months ago #
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    mrtall
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    My first time (!) was with a yellow Sony Sport Walkman. My first tape was Tim Burton's Batman soundtrack - not the film score, but the one Prince did. Pure, wonderful nonsense. Of course, Batdance was the hit single; I'm embarrassed to say that Arms of Orion - the duet with Sheena Easton - was my personal favorite.

    Posted 3 months ago #
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    Timi Azeez
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    Well before midnight and I made it. I hope to win because I have been checking reviews and news from slashgear for the past few years now. Good luck to everyone

    Posted 3 months ago #
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    lusindpuch
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    Panasonic cassette player with 5 band equalizer sliders on the players door. Still works.

    Posted 3 months ago #
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    shakir
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    an Akai cassette player it was fantastic - all metal body and portable speakers too.

    then a sony walkman CD player, then a sony mini disc player. now its an n97

    Posted 3 months ago #
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    sebmason
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    Cassette Player for me, can't remember the brand name as I was very young, think it was walkman...
    Just remember the awesome headphones!

    I miss those days, It's all boring now, and a new album download within a minute, you have a totally new album to go with your other 60,000+ MP3s.
    People these days don't really appreciate how much work goes into making an album.
    But such is life, atleast it sounds better these days tho.(Would sound even better if I WON!!)

    Posted 3 months ago #
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    penumaka
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    my first portable was/is my dell axim.

    Posted 3 months ago #

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