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| 488.1 | But how much do you want to pay for this perfection? | SUBURB::POWELLM | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be! | Thu Aug 04 1994 12:40 | 6 | 
|  |     
    	There is always the Sony Pro-Walkman, but heavy for Jogging!  It
    has as good or better performance than many domestic cassette decks,
    especially in the area of wow and flutter.
    
    				Malcolm.
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| 488.2 | Just need one for each arm... | KERNEL::HOGGAND |  | Thu Aug 04 1994 15:52 | 8 | 
|  |     Um? Jogging and weight-lifting? Possibly, but I was rather looking for
    a slimmer model. I've always thought that Awia and Sony were good bets
    in this area; are there other makes worth looking at?
    
    Purely for interest, but how much does the Pro-Walkman cost?
    
    Dave.
    
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| 488.3 |  | ESBS01::WATSON | Entropy: chaos at it's best | Thu Aug 04 1994 17:09 | 1 | 
|  |     About �160 for the play back only, �260 for play and record.
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| 488.4 | Will anyone work? | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Thu Aug 04 1994 17:11 | 7 | 
|  |     You see joggers holding walkmans in their sweaty palms, does this
    reduce the 'jogging' that the tape suffers as opposed to having it
    clipped to a belt?
    
    Cheers,
    
    Greg
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| 488.5 |  | SUBURB::POWELLM | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be! | Fri Aug 05 1994 09:31 | 11 | 
|  |     
    	Oh well, shows how long ago I bought mine - there wasn't a "play
    only" version then!
    
    	For the recording version, I don't think that the Microphone is
    included, but the (large-ish) headphones were.
    
    	Make you green - I seem to remember paying only about �210.00 for
    mine WITH Microphone.
    
    				Malcolm.
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| 488.6 |  | WOTVAX::SALISBURYG |  | Mon Aug 08 1994 11:46 | 3 | 
|  |     I  paid 260 for my D6C and 60 pounds for the Microphone, but the quality
    of recording and playback is second to none, Most of the Hi Fi mags
    still rate it as the best you can buy!!!
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| 488.7 |  | TASTY::JEFFERY | Children need to learn about X in school | Tue Aug 09 1994 09:32 | 4 | 
|  | Any Sony or AIWA model over �50 or so should be good. It will help if
the Walkman is on a tight belt, so it doesn't flap!
Mark.
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| 488.8 |  | FUTURS::JENKINS | Norfolk enchance | Tue Aug 09 1994 14:07 | 11 | 
|  |     
    I've got a Sony WM-D3, which was the original "Professional Walkman"
    prior to the D6. It doesn't have Dolby C but it does have Dolby B.
    It is normal size and makes good quality recordings. The down side is
    that it is a bit heavier than the average and uses more power.
    
    I bought mine in Japan a while ago, but I was suprised to see them 
    still on sale in the UK a few weeks ago. I think the price was around 
    �120-�130.
    
    Richard.
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| 488.9 | DAT Small! | UFHIS::JMASLEN | The wheels fallen off your day yet?! | Fri Aug 19 1994 12:44 | 5 | 
|  |     Just to ramble about nothing.....I saw a DAT playback walkman from SONY
    last night...not much bigger than the dat tape and the battery....no
    kidding......DM800 I seem to recall.
    
    cheers fjeff
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| 488.10 |  | MOVIES::VERBIST | Free the Files 11 !  � | Fri Aug 19 1994 13:20 | 11 | 
|  | 
FWIW, spotted the other night that Richer Sounds (in Edinburgh, at least)
are doing the last generation of Philips portable DCCs for �140.
These are about the same size as a portable CD, suspiciosly similar looking
case actaully.  These can reputedly play normal tapes too, and one supposes
that DCC recording would be better than your regular tape.
Any help?
Guy
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| 488.11 | I'd go for cassette medium! | NINFA::RUPEREZ |  | Tue Aug 30 1994 11:15 | 15 | 
|  |     I've been enjoying the D6C Pro for about 6 years now, and I would
    say definitely it isn't for jogging, too heavy, but it's the best
    walkman you can have for portable music. I changed the cans comming
    with it for MDR-V7 which are very suitable. Also is the best media
    in price/performance since tapes are cheap and dubbing from CDs at
    home provides excellent quality recordings. It's also a very compact
    medium, since you can dub 2 CDs in a 90' tape (at least that was true
    with LPs, now is becoming more difficult). DAT is of higher quality
    but it's less reliable and has more expensive media. MD is more
    convenient (direct access to tracks) but still expensive. DCC is bulky
    (though there are new smaller models now), but you CANNOT record normal
    tapes, just play them, and the new media is also expensive.
    For jogging I'd go for an upmarket model from SONY or AIWA considering
    size in first place and battery life in second.
    Jose 
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