RETRO TECH: WALKMAN

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  • Опубликовано: 1 дек 2019
  • When the Sony Walkman hit the market in the 1970s, it was the first time we were able to take our music with us on-the-go. I explore this iconic piece of tech-from the inspiration behind its compact design to how it changed portable audio forever. I also enlist the help of fellow RUclips creator Judner A.K.A. Uravgconsumer to fix a busted Walkman. The Gregory Brothers join me to test out whether a vintage Walkman is durable enough to survive a game of ultimate frisbee.
    0:00 The Walkman
    1:03 Unboxing A Walkman
    3:07 Talking Walkmen
    6:52 Fixing With Judner Aura
    11:07 The Walkman Experience
    14:15 Dope Or Nope
    17:09 The Cassette Tape
    18:12 The Sports Walkman
    21:49 Lasting Tech Legacy
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  • @prakharagrawal8934
    @prakharagrawal8934 4 года назад +3674

    Marques normally: I have been using this for a while now
    Marques in retro series: I have never used it before in my life

  • @danielbustillo3055
    @danielbustillo3055 4 года назад +7099

    The best part was to watch this without having RUclips premium.

    • @mligaming1993
      @mligaming1993 4 года назад +19

      ?

    • @M0nkZer0
      @M0nkZer0 4 года назад +64

      Is it only available usually to premium?

    • @lordturtle8735
      @lordturtle8735 4 года назад +353

      RUclips recently made their "Premium" content available to everyone.

    • @batman_2004
      @batman_2004 4 года назад +167

      Fuk. I need my money back.

    • @pronto3_
      @pronto3_ 4 года назад +7

      ikr

  • @kahinoart
    @kahinoart 2 года назад +102

    I was going into the 9th grade when the Walkman came out. They were EXPENSIVE and one of our friends, who was probably the richest kid in the school, got one for his birthday. He put on the demo tape for us to listen - it was an airplane flying by - for us, and we all ducked because it felt like it was going through our heads.

  • @Great_America
    @Great_America 2 года назад +107

    My Sony Walkman helped me keep my sanity while deployed remotely in Desert Storm. It’s the small things in life that matter. Having your music is part of the soul 👍🏻

  • @DetroitMuscle
    @DetroitMuscle 3 года назад +601

    Man the mixtape part is so important. Making a tape for your girlfriend was a real thing in the 90s. Thumbs up

    • @TheSulross
      @TheSulross 3 года назад +16

      Jason Epps but who hasn't done that special playlist of tunes for their girl? Still happening

    • @Extratone
      @Extratone 3 года назад +19

      definitely still happening. we’ve just optimized it.

    • @ericbeltrami2718
      @ericbeltrami2718 2 года назад +4

      You did that to?

    • @user-ck8kp8vb4l
      @user-ck8kp8vb4l 2 года назад +9

      Now we make playlists for each other and thats still pretty cute imo

    • @chrisjfox8715
      @chrisjfox8715 2 года назад +12

      @@Extratone "optimized"
      A bit more effort went into making it happen back then so it meant a bit more. Playlists are still thoughtful but you can put one together in 5 minutes if you want to

  • @ReddoFreddo
    @ReddoFreddo 3 года назад +2530

    1979: "These damn kids with their loud boomboxes being obnoxious."
    1980: "These damn kids with their personal Walkmen being anti-social."

    • @a_prsn
      @a_prsn 3 года назад +219

      2020: those damn kids with their “apple moosic” and “air poops”

    • @requiem165
      @requiem165 3 года назад +13

      Lol

    • @sushitrash-dj9vq
      @sushitrash-dj9vq 3 года назад +26

      I gotta be the only one who still uses Walkman on the train

    • @hassnblhtake4976
      @hassnblhtake4976 3 года назад +2

      @@requiem165 b

    • @Shpektrometer
      @Shpektrometer 3 года назад +4

      @@sushitrash-dj9vq F

  • @mr.g354
    @mr.g354 3 года назад +36

    all of my high school was spent plugged into a yellow sony sports walkman. I have 2 daughters that have broken every screen on every device they have ever owned and some broken ipods. WM-F45 sports walkman fell down stairs, went across school halls, slid across sidwalks and even went in the pool. Still played music easily.

  • @yahtzeejimbob
    @yahtzeejimbob Год назад +34

    I was born in 1950, so I had a complete experience in all the retro items your series has featured. This episode hit me when you pointed out the isolation factor the Walkman introduced. Never thought about that back then, or even now, except for the isolation factor of the smartphone. I have felt that for years.

    • @georgemartinezza
      @georgemartinezza Год назад +2

      hellou. _ ) I was born 1979 - I really feel anger, frustration and dissapointment about How I did not care and keep safe my devices, Walkman, Headphones, Audio systems (aiwa, sony, panasonic) . the best thing now to me has been (this year ebay shop) to get an old Walkman FX45, not so good we know by age, other walkman FX43 unfortunelly I broke the Reverse-direction plastic controls one day later after receive it)

  • @henrybalani7093
    @henrybalani7093 3 года назад +346

    I was 15 when the Walkman came out. At that time they included a demo tape of various sounds. One of them was a airline jet fly by in stereo from right to left. First time I heard it I was panicked and excited at the same time. Will never forget that first time!

    • @anuardelcastillo2627
      @anuardelcastillo2627 2 года назад +8

      love your comment! my sister turned 14 and got one, I was eleven and got schocked as well!!

    • @DerpyDimentio
      @DerpyDimentio 2 года назад +9

      That honestly sounds like an awesome experience. Being taken aback by something so transformative at the time.

    • @Juan-rd5jf
      @Juan-rd5jf Год назад +3

      Even though i was born well after stereo output became standard, im still amazed when songs do weird shit with the mixing (hendrix, acid bath, etc)

    • @b0tterman
      @b0tterman 5 месяцев назад

      I was the same age. It was one of those tech products that you didn't know you absolutely needed.

  • @CharlieTheNerd91
    @CharlieTheNerd91 3 года назад +687

    One of the "advantages" of growing up in a less than developed country, is that I am only 29, but I have used most of the tech you show in "retro-tech". Loved my walkman... :)

    • @sabrynzky
      @sabrynzky 2 года назад +4

      Yes

    • @nicolasbrunet8243
      @nicolasbrunet8243 2 года назад +17

      That's actually so interesting I never thought of different markets that way!

    • @darshanhonnavar2508
      @darshanhonnavar2508 2 года назад +4

      True that brother i am just 23 and have used all those techs Nd feel hw have these ppl nt known or used that stuff 🤔🤔

    • @Mizzlenum
      @Mizzlenum 2 года назад +2

      same here, these guys are either acting dumb with no common sense or they are really dumb. If their iphone is dead, their life is gone.

    • @TwinMillMC
      @TwinMillMC 2 года назад +6

      Wow you're 29? You must have grown up with some real antiques back then.

  • @dperr338
    @dperr338 2 года назад +313

    The fact that it’s still around today is proof of it’s durability

  • @Emjackson89
    @Emjackson89 3 года назад +6

    I miss those Walkman Sports days in school. Grown up with a walkman, cd player, mini disk player, USB music player, iPod, iPod touch, iPhone and now its 2021. Crazy how it's evolved. Loved all of it and i wonder what's next!!

  • @AA-eu4mx
    @AA-eu4mx 4 года назад +379

    I remember when I got my first portable music CD player my dad kept referring to it as a "Walkman" , when I got an ipod he still called it a "walkman" , when I got my first G1 smartphone he said it was a "cellphone with built in walkman". lol

    • @sheskates6551
      @sheskates6551 2 года назад +13

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 love it

    • @L0kias1
      @L0kias1 2 года назад +5

      😂 yup , my mom did too

    • @windyhawthorn7387
      @windyhawthorn7387 2 года назад +2

      My dad's first flip photo with an built in music player was called an walkman and everyone was super impressed.

    • @AB1B1
      @AB1B1 2 года назад +2

      😂 Dad's the coolest

    • @nimaljacob3257
      @nimaljacob3257 2 года назад

      😃

  • @filmphilosophy4668
    @filmphilosophy4668 4 года назад +818

    "as big as the Empire State Building and as loud as world War II" if that isn't the greatest description of anything ever.

    • @hl6816
      @hl6816 4 года назад +17

      Oh my gosh I died laughing at that. It's such an amazing description of something! Hahahaha!

    • @lala9251
      @lala9251 4 года назад +2

      James Rogers 😂😂

    • @AwkwardHypernerd413
      @AwkwardHypernerd413 4 года назад +3

      that gave me danger days vibes

    • @BangThaBazie
      @BangThaBazie 3 года назад +3

      sounds like yo mama

    • @GavinFromWeb
      @GavinFromWeb 3 года назад +1

      @@AwkwardHypernerd413 hell yeah man

  • @kevystead
    @kevystead 2 года назад +8

    80's Kid Here! I remember the walkman very fondly :) Often had the cheap knockoffs, but the experience was what it was about, Taking my music everywhere. FYI The cheaper models often only had play, stop and fast-forward!

  • @JB-qn6rb
    @JB-qn6rb 4 года назад +586

    Back in the days where making a mix tape was a legit skill.

    • @bluechipsss
      @bluechipsss 4 года назад +20

      Yes mixtape and Playlist, and art cover

    • @quintencabo
      @quintencabo 4 года назад +9

      Amazing! I could see myself really getting in to that if mixtapes where relavent today.

    • @cedrickjmackniddle3861
      @cedrickjmackniddle3861 4 года назад +4

      Still a skill

    • @AwkwardHypernerd413
      @AwkwardHypernerd413 4 года назад +3

      Cedrick J'mack Niddle pretty easy now, you just need a tape recorder and an aux connected to a computer, amd that's about it.

    • @cedrickjmackniddle3861
      @cedrickjmackniddle3861 4 года назад +2

      You still need to adjust the bias and azimuth. Calibrating for the tape formula is ideal. Not every tape recorder can be calibrated.
      Edit: Spelling

  • @nosson2842
    @nosson2842 4 года назад +373

    Flexing not having RUclips Premium but being able to watch this

    • @kingYR007
      @kingYR007 4 года назад +6

      I'm on vanced. Is this a regular public video? I'm confused if vanced lets me do this

    • @leblanc69069
      @leblanc69069 4 года назад +2

      I'm not on vanced but I can still watch this what is going on

    • @McSpanky
      @McSpanky 4 года назад +1

      Zizzu I don’t have premium and I can watch this

    • @AllstarFail
      @AllstarFail 4 года назад +4

      Its so cool not having dumb kids in the comments.

    • @mar2ck_
      @mar2ck_ 4 года назад +4

      Its not premium only anymore

  • @gibu002
    @gibu002 3 года назад +10

    I LOVED my Walkman!! And those "clicky" buttons are mechanical buttons. When you press one down you are actually pressing down on a linkage of some kind thats making things inside happen. I also LOVED mix tapes!! Its hard to explain how new and how absolutely great mix tapes were.

  • @123akash121
    @123akash121 3 года назад +88

    walkman
    "Is it the height of antisocial behaviour?"
    oh boy if only he knew

  • @delightfulsquirtle316
    @delightfulsquirtle316 4 года назад +949

    cant wait for: "Retro Tech: iPad" when I'm old.

    • @blahdolphinjsjsjs3818
      @blahdolphinjsjsjs3818 3 года назад +13

      Ipod or iphone 2g is more probable or even apple post steve jobs

    • @jenicazhafira9104
      @jenicazhafira9104 3 года назад +1

      @@blahdolphinjsjsjs3818 thanks

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 3 года назад +5

      when your like 80, yeah.

    • @ajax7699
      @ajax7699 3 года назад +7

      RetroTech: VR

    • @johnt1461
      @johnt1461 3 года назад +16

      ''Retro Tech: PlayStation 5'' by MKBHD son

  • @eelihakala4466
    @eelihakala4466 4 года назад +873

    I dont have premium, so if you are reading this, continue on and dont tell youtube

    • @light.lawliet
      @light.lawliet 4 года назад +6

      Eeli Hakala ok

    • @McSpanky
      @McSpanky 4 года назад +50

      Why can I watch this video if I don’t have premium?

    • @alexgutierrez5056
      @alexgutierrez5056 4 года назад +38

      @@McSpanky Don't ask. Just enjoy it. 🤫

    • @pesfreak18
      @pesfreak18 4 года назад +40

      @@McSpanky Every week one episode will be free for us. With Premium you can watch the entire season right now.

    • @progadgetreviewpgr7122
      @progadgetreviewpgr7122 4 года назад +9

      @@McSpanky it's free, not premium. Though it's on RUclips originals

  • @vishnudas5026
    @vishnudas5026 3 года назад +21

    Apple : I changed the music industry
    Sony: Hold my Walkman 🖤

    • @DhrubajyotiRaja01
      @DhrubajyotiRaja01 2 года назад +4

      Not at all... *iPod Impact was much Higher than Sony on the Industry, basically made those Physical Record studios go Bankrupt* .... Accept it or Not ......

  • @lhead7226
    @lhead7226 2 года назад +8

    The walkman was the thing to have back in the early 80's, before that all we had was the transistor radio to carry around with us and this made it possible for us to be able to play the music we wanted while walking around. It was truly the first portable player where we weren't listening to a radio station and for me, I would use my boombox to record music off the radio and then put it on a mixtape which I would play in my Walkman.

  • @schmoyoho
    @schmoyoho 4 года назад +468

    It was an honor to test ancient tech with you and sing about being on fire--which the sony would probably survive 🙏🙏🙏
    amazing episode, booking a trip to Woodbridge so we can run around w/ headphones on and see what happens

    • @treetopjones737
      @treetopjones737 3 года назад +14

      "Ancient tech" - lol.

    • @sattikm_1824
      @sattikm_1824 2 года назад +7

      @@treetopjones737 probably grew up with iPhones in hand, and probably doesn’t even know what comic books are

    • @Mizzlenum
      @Mizzlenum 2 года назад +2

      Lol it wasnt only ancient technology, it was ancient ideolgy. " walkman, diskman" why not walk woman, diskwoman.... people didn't care then I guess, or walklgbt+

    • @bbpd5315
      @bbpd5315 2 года назад

      @@sattikm_1824 calm your panties is just a joke

    • @vijaychouhan189
      @vijaychouhan189 Год назад +1

      @@Mizzlenum उ

  • @bimomuzakki9379
    @bimomuzakki9379 4 года назад +793

    "i'll never forgive the japanese, but i do love my walkman" -joseph joestar

    • @bigwheelfromspidamahn1037
      @bigwheelfromspidamahn1037 4 года назад +55

      BebekGelap hell never forgive the Japanese yet hell still bang tomoko

    • @JacksonWalter735
      @JacksonWalter735 4 года назад +15

      Joseph Joestar is the best Jojo

    • @melonemusk
      @melonemusk 4 года назад +6

      I knew someone would comment this

    • @josh44026
      @josh44026 4 года назад +4

      They also invent the synthesizer

    • @CercaTrova13
      @CercaTrova13 4 года назад +2

      Forgive japanese for what?

  • @cd6834
    @cd6834 2 года назад +14

    Love all the stuff you do Marques! To me the Walkman was freedom. My Walkman and my 10 speed Schwinn. With those two I was able to find out who I was in the world. Thanks bud.

  • @mistytharpe3991
    @mistytharpe3991 2 года назад +14

    I had several of those. Different models to be sure.
    But my first one was just like that one. But it was in 1983 / 84, it had fm am as well. Soooooo very cool. 😎
    Toward the later days they had bass boost and the Sony turbo head phones. The air buds of the time. Totally bad ass.

  • @wickedshadowchester6297
    @wickedshadowchester6297 4 года назад +668

    *Peter "StarLord" Quill has entered the chat*

    • @feeldabassline6657
      @feeldabassline6657 4 года назад +6

      WickedShadowChester hahaha I was thinking the same thing🤣

    • @toniodotcom
      @toniodotcom 3 года назад +6

      What is this band named Spotify?

    • @vapelord3673
      @vapelord3673 3 года назад

      "I used to think that working out with an iPod Touch was huge and clunky..."
      Get off my lawn, whippersnapper.

    • @nathsu29
      @nathsu29 3 года назад

      Who?

    • @freshapple5484
      @freshapple5484 3 года назад

      Lol I got an awesome mix vol the second first and game version

  • @srikanth_y
    @srikanth_y 4 года назад +1616

    This is probably the only time my RUclips Premium became useful

    • @mouri_p
      @mouri_p 4 года назад +94

      Sri Kanth you should see the ads non premium members are getting. I once used RUclips on someone else’s mobile and I was like, thank RUclips premium.

    • @Dixon_Cider407
      @Dixon_Cider407 4 года назад +6

      Same

    • @megaroeny
      @megaroeny 4 года назад +3

      Karate Kid is great. You should watch that

    • @tabbycat406
      @tabbycat406 4 года назад +3

      what about downloads and no ads

    • @JessieJamesPlays
      @JessieJamesPlays 4 года назад

      @@megaroeny Watch lazer team or ghostmates both good movie (in my opinion)

  • @mr.dankman
    @mr.dankman Год назад +7

    When I was a young teenager, I used to skateboard around with my walkman on and I carried a backpack with a bunch of cassettes and spare batteries. Now I can carry 5000x more music in my pocket. Amazing

    • @barriniho
      @barriniho Год назад +2

      And watch movies on a phone 🤳

  • @kevkeisha
    @kevkeisha 2 года назад +1

    Of all the great videos on this channel...
    THIS is easily one of the BEST yet!

  • @philipohmes9395
    @philipohmes9395 2 года назад +6

    What the Sony Walkman also allowed besides music recordings was the concept of the "mobile lesson plans." You could learn something new, take a course, learn a new language or improve in what you knew, relisten to a college lecture from earlier and it opened up that sort of "recorded lesson plan by voice" industry.

  • @user-is7sx2ps1q
    @user-is7sx2ps1q 4 года назад +234

    I'm Japanese.
    For the first time, I learned that the Walkman was so loved by Americans.

    • @OttoWatt9000
      @OttoWatt9000 3 года назад +5

      Well that’s cool and what else did you learn about the west?

    • @mustafaal-ghezi1757
      @mustafaal-ghezi1757 3 года назад +51

      my dude it's loved worldwide not just America

    • @raiNjErs
      @raiNjErs 3 года назад +13

      Just like those Nintendos

    • @20blog28
      @20blog28 2 года назад +21

      Most Japanese tech is loved by westerners: Cars (Toyota, Honda, Nissan), TVs (Panasonic, Sony), Consoles (Nintendo, Sony, Sega up to some point)

    • @buuhan6808
      @buuhan6808 2 года назад +2

      @@20blog28 Yeah, dont know about Cars (I know Toyota is big). Cars that are used and loved the most are German cars (at least in Western societies) but with everything else I must agree, Nintendo and Sony are the Go To for me when it comes to consoles. Its because I can play everything else on a PC and those consoles have some good games on their own like Fire Emblem or Persona.

  • @senortizzle
    @senortizzle 4 года назад +87

    I’m too young for the cassette version, but I did have a CD walkman with the big purple window thing on the front. Man that thing was cool.

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 2 года назад +3

      That is not a walkman, that is called a Discman, for obvious reasons.

    • @dwindeyer
      @dwindeyer 2 года назад +7

      @@mikatu Interestingly they dropped the Discman name for portable CD Players and went back to the Walkman brand in 2000.. So a lot of people probably have a "CD Walkman".

  • @yeahimageek6090
    @yeahimageek6090 3 года назад

    What a fantastic piece of kit this was. Paved the way for portable music. This series is great. We need a season 2!

  • @ronnalrikardo6841
    @ronnalrikardo6841 2 года назад +2

    This reminds me to the 90's era, the golden era. Pagers, walkman, discman, tamagotchi, payphone and many more. Those time, even before cellphone. It brings me back to high school memories.
    Thank you, bro...

  • @leogrievous
    @leogrievous 4 года назад +217

    It looks so comfy in the RUclips Premium lounge.

    • @gracjackVEVO
      @gracjackVEVO 4 года назад +15

      escpecially on a free trial

    • @predeeshshibu595
      @predeeshshibu595 4 года назад +2

      @@gracjackVEVO 😂😂😂👋🏼

    • @gijswinkelhuijzen7874
      @gijswinkelhuijzen7874 4 года назад +7

      not anymore

    • @leogrievous
      @leogrievous 4 года назад +3

      @@gijswinkelhuijzen7874 fuck, guys, take everything you have and run.

    • @thegoodguy44
      @thegoodguy44 4 года назад +4

      Free for all now. Enjoy paying for free shit though. Lol.

  • @ff_crafter
    @ff_crafter 3 года назад +90

    Born in 2001 but still experiencing the walkman because cassette tapes is still popular in Indonesia till the early 2010s

    • @randomrealistictone2231
      @randomrealistictone2231 3 года назад

      Me too

    • @redbishop71
      @redbishop71 2 года назад +1

      Cassette tapes made Indonesia are the one with bulky plastic casings and using mostly metal tapes made by BASF and Maxell. Until now here in eBay UK they are still expensive worth at least not less than £15 if new and sealed. They sound like CDs.

    • @TunjungUtomo
      @TunjungUtomo 2 года назад

      @@redbishop71 wow, I dont' know if there's any other type of plastic casing. Brands that sell and manufacture their cassete tape in Indonesia was BASF, HDX, Maxell, 3M, Panarec (as far as I remember)

    • @redbishop71
      @redbishop71 2 года назад

      @@TunjungUtomo Yeah there is, the casing is made in one piece plastic , I think if I am not mistaken, they were called clam shell casings, and it’s just a one piece bulky plastic.

    • @trespire
      @trespire 2 года назад

      @@redbishop71 Metal oxide are the best, bearly any background hissing.

  • @TazawaTanks
    @TazawaTanks 3 года назад +1

    Wow, this brings back so many memories of my childhood. I had several Walkmans from the early 80’s into the mid 90s.

  • @flo5980
    @flo5980 5 месяцев назад

    Man I love all the retro tech episodes you make, super good delivery, so informative and fun to watch as always

  • @mr_c.i.c
    @mr_c.i.c 4 года назад +180

    Here in Africa 🌍 old tech is much more common because it is the Tech's final resting place.

    • @felixkibet
      @felixkibet 4 года назад +3

      Bro you are lying I've never seen one of those in my life

    • @mr_c.i.c
      @mr_c.i.c 4 года назад +15

      @@felixkibet Really? Which part of Africa are you from? I had a Walkman when everyone else in America was using an iPod.

    • @idrisb07
      @idrisb07 4 года назад +7

      Exactly. I had a Walkman in the early to mid-2000’s

    • @asiraallan2156
      @asiraallan2156 4 года назад

      @@felixkibet huyu jamaa anatubeba ufala

    • @canalaleatorio3011
      @canalaleatorio3011 3 года назад

      Sub saharian africa? Not south africa or egypt or the islands of africa

  • @ABDIRAHMAN_A
    @ABDIRAHMAN_A 4 года назад +500

    Marques played safe and didn’t invite JerryRigEverything to dissemble it.

  • @outermarker5801
    @outermarker5801 3 года назад +36

    First time I ever heard 'headphones' was on a Walkman.
    Blew my mind, fact that sound so full it rivalled a good boom box could come from tiny speakers on your ears.
    Without those first great MDR headphones, Walkman would have flopped.

  • @rattlhed1
    @rattlhed1 3 года назад +2

    I had to work for 3 months in my paper route job to afford my first walkman. But when I saved up the $100 it was so worth it! Completely changed how I consumed music. Genius invention!

  • @Krolla03
    @Krolla03 4 года назад +398

    The iPod did not kill the Walkman!!! The Diskman killed it waaaaaaay before the iPod. The iPod killed the diskman

    • @Reneg8d_Ren
      @Reneg8d_Ren 4 года назад +8

      I agree!

    • @ethanlandau6333
      @ethanlandau6333 4 года назад +70

      I disagree. As someone who has, in the past, had a Walkman, a discman, and an iPod as my portable music player, I don't think the discman really killed the Walkman. At the time when the discman was gaining popularity, walkmans were tiny in comparison, in addition to sporting better battery life and durability. I distinctly remember that I could make my discman skip by sitting down a bit too quickly or riding in a car on a rough road. Not to mention, a Walkman could fit in my pocket, a discman could not. It wasn't until the iPod that there was a portable music player that was small enough to fit in your pocket, but didn't skip, and had good battery life

    • @ethanlandau6333
      @ethanlandau6333 4 года назад +7

      If I was going to be in a car, train, plane, or just stay in one place, I'd grab my discman. But if I was going to be walking or exercising, the Walkman was my choice

    • @ethanlandau6333
      @ethanlandau6333 4 года назад +8

      Oh, and there's one thing I forgot. You could record over a tape however many times you wanted, but up until 1991, when CD-R came out that you could make your own mix, and it wasn't until 1997, when CD-RW came out that you could reuse a disc several times. The first discman was released in 1984

    • @cristianflores1588
      @cristianflores1588 4 года назад

      Kevan Banngertir actually Walkman still around.

  • @cainbradley8697
    @cainbradley8697 4 года назад +19

    I was born in the 80s and lived through the end of it and the 90s as a child, I really appreciated this video, finally something to watch that bought back all the nostalgia, and I really appreciate Sony so much more now

  • @benscr
    @benscr 3 года назад +5

    Love this!!! ...I remember having a ‘Walkman’ from the early 80s when I was a kid. Only downside to them, is they would sometimes chew up cassettes. But still a brilliant device to play music. I still have all my cassettes from the 80s.

  • @tomnudho4202
    @tomnudho4202 2 года назад +6

    oh yeah! i remember my first walkman in 1987, god! how i loved that thing.

  • @shree203
    @shree203 4 года назад +47

    I am younger than Marques but I've spent my childhood listening music on Walkman...

    • @jacobt1027
      @jacobt1027 4 года назад +2

      Shree Sanglikar Why didn't you use CDs

    • @shree203
      @shree203 4 года назад +13

      @@jacobt1027 In India music CDs were luxury for a long time (except the pirated ones, which sucked).
      My dad won the Walkman at a fuel station draw. It was very special.

    • @matteblack2391
      @matteblack2391 4 года назад

      &R3AV3R I know your real name! Aha!

    • @BlueCircle0
      @BlueCircle0 3 года назад

      @@shree203 are you eagered 'bout Demon Slayer movie.

  • @Rugerman205
    @Rugerman205 4 года назад +99

    I had a Walkman in the late 80’s and a Discman in the 90’s... but NEVER had to repair one. Proud child of the 80’s raised in the 90’s

    • @davidsteckley8846
      @davidsteckley8846 4 года назад

      I was born in 76. Crazy and you and had this, saw the transition to CD, to where we are today. My parents saw the B&W TV to color TV

    • @AwkwardHypernerd413
      @AwkwardHypernerd413 4 года назад

      really? I've owned three, and only one of them still works, which is the sports model from the 90's.

    • @AnotherWorldYT
      @AnotherWorldYT 4 года назад

      well they were new products then. naturally after all this time you'd have to repair them, and there's not many if not ANY new walkmans coming out worth buying.

  • @francisconicacio7115
    @francisconicacio7115 2 года назад +1

    Hi, I'm Brazilian and I bought my walkman in 1982, and almost no one had one of these at the time, with it I made my own music selection to listen to wherever I went. The invention of this "gadget" was really revolutionary. And it made me feel very good, the music accompanied me wherever I went.
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    • @josielsondesouza
      @josielsondesouza 2 года назад

      Foi uma época muito legal. Meus pais puderam comprar pra mim, apenas o chines, que chamavamos de Paraguai, kkkk. E realmente, a experiência dos dispositivos analógicos eram unicas. Depois que fiquei independente financeiramente, acompanhei toda a evolução dos discman, mp3 players e por fim o matador de todas as tecnologias e o mais sem graça: o smartphone

  • @BreakTime10101
    @BreakTime10101 7 месяцев назад +1

    I had the silver Walkman 2 with the detachable belt clip and external backup battery pack. The headphones had the orange earpieces and the hot line button built into the cord. I had a ton of cassette tapes. We would record our albums and CD’s onto cassette to listen to on the Walkman and in the car. Good times back then.
    It’s amazing how far we’ve come with technology.

  • @everything80spodcast68
    @everything80spodcast68 4 года назад +103

    Young people will never know the dread of pulling out your cassette, and the tape was stuck inside the Walkman spools. Using a pencil to wind the tape back in was a past time of the 80s.

    • @ikuuuya
      @ikuuuya 4 года назад +13

      ok boomer

    • @radzilla748
      @radzilla748 4 года назад +8

      @Lord Farquaad this ain't a contest.. take it easy

    • @iamshelbyrose6005
      @iamshelbyrose6005 4 года назад +1

      Yes young people will? I'm 17 and this happens all the time to me

    • @mangoman0i299
      @mangoman0i299 4 года назад +2

      @@iamshelbyrose6005 I bet you're one of those "I was born in the wrong generation" cringe lords

    • @iamshelbyrose6005
      @iamshelbyrose6005 4 года назад +8

      @@mangoman0i299 nope, im very glad im in the generation i am in. i dont think enjoying retro stuff makes me want to live in that time. i love the conveniences of todays technology but i can still find things from the past interesting.

  • @mitcheverett9564
    @mitcheverett9564 4 года назад +342

    “This is actually older than me” Jesus Christ I still have mine

    • @chuheihkg
      @chuheihkg 4 года назад +2

      When looking for actual stuff to see why sounds so dull.

    • @renjuscreativeworld4037
      @renjuscreativeworld4037 4 года назад +1

      Even I had one few years back

    • @AwkwardHypernerd413
      @AwkwardHypernerd413 4 года назад +1

      I've owned three, and i still own the one my uncle gave me.

    • @LogiForce86
      @LogiForce86 4 года назад

      Got a WM-DD33 with permanently fixed center gear.

    • @explosionfpv
      @explosionfpv 3 года назад

      My mom and grandmother still have one

  • @ChristopherMarshburn
    @ChristopherMarshburn 2 года назад +1

    Memories ❤️. I’m 61 and got one of the first ones. It truly did seem revolutionary.

  • @joepup8348
    @joepup8348 4 года назад +59

    Goes to show how long it's been since Sony's changed the game. "Sony invented the whole consumer electronics marketplace.The first transistor radio, the Trinitron television, the first consumer VCR, the Walkman, the audio CD...the innovation that they brought to the marketplace was staggering." --Steve Jobs

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 2 года назад +9

      And don't forget the minidisc, the laserdisc, the betamax (not the VCR that was JVC), and the PlayStation that changed the market so much that Sega dropped the consoles market.

    • @rightuppercut1426
      @rightuppercut1426 2 года назад +3

      @ Joe Pup: Have to correct you there, Steve. Both the audio CD and audio cassette were inventions of Dutch company Philips. They also had the best VCR technology (Video 2000), but lost out to VHS, due to bad marketing and refusing to bring out porn on VCR.

    • @theminec
      @theminec 2 года назад +6

      @@rightuppercut1426 correction part II, the audio cd and cassette were a collaboration between Sony and Phillips.

  • @shravanparepally3551
    @shravanparepally3551 4 года назад +17

    Thanks for that Nostalgic drive bud. I never used a Walkman when I lived in India but surely grew up with it's cheaper knockoffs. I sincerely wish and hope that SONY legacy would stay forever.

  • @alexanderpopov4691
    @alexanderpopov4691 2 года назад +1

    I remember as a kid how happy I was when I've got my walkman as a birthday gift, and I have never left home without this companion. I think it is also a great way to lissten to the music of 80s and 90s with an audio cassette , because this is the way it meant to sound, with all that imperfections but then also with sone of that analog charm.

  • @djjaylove1984
    @djjaylove1984 3 года назад

    Brought back a lot of memories, Thank you MB for that.

  • @rainpatch4358
    @rainpatch4358 4 года назад +187

    The Walkman made people back in the 80s anti-social.
    2019 smartphones: That's cute

    • @lghozalie1952
      @lghozalie1952 4 года назад +8

      I think walkman realy make people anti social than smartphone..at least you can use social media with your smartphone to do "social" thing with people far from you

    • @Dezsr
      @Dezsr 4 года назад +2

      @@lghozalie1952 good point

    • @sirquacksalot6463
      @sirquacksalot6463 3 года назад +1

      @@lghozalie1952 it’s all an illusion, smoke and mirrors.

    • @treetopjones737
      @treetopjones737 3 года назад

      Reality, for example there are old photos of people in crowded public space and all reading a newspaper, ignoring others.

  • @abhishek.3x
    @abhishek.3x 4 года назад +27

    Walkman : Double headphone jacks
    Phones now: what are those?

  • @iammattbarker
    @iammattbarker 2 года назад

    When Marques' tape jammed my childhood came flooding back.

  • @atikanatasoy
    @atikanatasoy 2 года назад +1

    this novelty is a great idea and i truely enjoyed every moment of it!

  • @RaviSankarRao1
    @RaviSankarRao1 4 года назад +22

    The Walkman should be one of greatest created technology product for mass consumption that started the world of portability. I don’t think people had any portable and useful electronics before that.

  • @teacherdude
    @teacherdude 3 года назад +25

    I remember when my daughter found an old Walkman and I had to explain what it was and how it worked. i still remember her amazement at how something so big could hold so few songs. Still, she found the moving parts fascinating for an hour or so.

  • @rameshkamath72
    @rameshkamath72 2 года назад +1

    It was wayback in 1985 when I first saw and listened to a Walkman. What pleasant memories!

  • @ericcollins5534
    @ericcollins5534 Год назад

    You are an amazing story teller! Thank you for sharing your gift my friend!

  • @LopezJ_01
    @LopezJ_01 4 года назад +277

    Feel like this is what the comments section was always meant to be. Not a troll in sight.

    • @blumac9801
      @blumac9801 4 года назад +3

      Jesus Lopez amen

    • @batman_2004
      @batman_2004 4 года назад +1

      Yo, right.

    • @lukahmei2000
      @lukahmei2000 4 года назад +1

      Jesus Lopez Word bro

    • @arbyfiles
      @arbyfiles 4 года назад +1

      cause ain't no kids boutta pay for youtube so this is just adults i reckon

    • @LopezJ_01
      @LopezJ_01 4 года назад +4

      @@arbyfilesoh I've met my fair share of childish adults lol

  • @maxcarp805
    @maxcarp805 4 года назад +35

    "a motor, that's something you don't see in today's tech" *pop up cameras have entered the chat*

  • @MrJgonzo23
    @MrJgonzo23 2 года назад +3

    I absolutely love this series…. It’s crazy I am 46 yrs old now and I had one as a a matter affect I sill have some of these at home.

  • @Vikanuck
    @Vikanuck 2 года назад +6

    Aw man, seeing that mixtape brought back the memory I totally forgot about how we used to speak to each other in the language of song names lol.
    Like at 18:10, that was the sassiest playlist right there, with every song title being something you would sarcastically say to that person, or just have it be about the two of you in some silly way.
    Obviously starting by getting into the groove, then just a bunch of sexual puns, and him/her telling the other person they like them, to Stayin’ Alive, which is what their relationship would like, totally do 😉 haha.
    I really do miss the 90’s a lot sometimes 😢

  • @buttercup141312
    @buttercup141312 4 года назад +22

    “As big as the Empire State Building and as loud as WWII.” Lmaoo love it

  • @Afromite
    @Afromite 4 года назад +21

    I have never realized how young MKBHD is until I watched the retro tech series.

    • @antiestablishmentarianist
      @antiestablishmentarianist 4 года назад +2

      So weird to hear him say he's 25. He's had a successful channel for so long. I figured he was at least 30

    • @gutobernardo7457
      @gutobernardo7457 4 года назад +6

      What strikes me most is that I'm 26 and I played Sega Genesis and tried Sony Walkman when I was a kid. I guess that's because tech came late to Brazil meanwhile in US there was newer stuff.

    • @pargatsingh594
      @pargatsingh594 4 года назад +3

      @@gutobernardo7457 i m 19 even i have seen cassettes being used

  • @crossbowsniper
    @crossbowsniper 2 года назад +1

    Man I still have two walkmans. I had the clear acrylic one, and then the one my mom had that she gave me because I said I could fix it (which I did because it was the band issue you covered in the video). The one I got for fixing it was KICK ass. It was the UPGRADED version of the Sony walkman sport, it had a two way clip (lift up at bottom then pull off the cover to open and change tapes), improved battery compartment location (UNDER the tape so now your tape had to fall out first before the batteries could), a rubber gasket to prevent water from getting in, and an AM/FM radio all inside that cool little piece of tech.

  • @haegeum3040
    @haegeum3040 2 года назад +1

    I used to have CD Walkman in my early teen years, listening to hanson and just strolling around the neighborhood bought back memories. I do remember the tape cassette, but I don't recall having one Walkman version.

  • @thecockerel86
    @thecockerel86 4 года назад +181

    Context: kids back then were used to repairing a lot of equipment generally. A broken Walkman was just another thing to repair.

    • @DavidDcruz
      @DavidDcruz 4 года назад +19

      Repairing the walkman, repairing cassette tape, & repairing your headphones.

    • @toniodotcom
      @toniodotcom 3 года назад +16

      Rewinding the tape with a pencil to save battery :D

    • @siddhanthbhattacharyya4206
      @siddhanthbhattacharyya4206 3 года назад +8

      @Kreature Feature nah, tech just became digital that's all, kids now know ten times more than kids back then, thanks to the internet and advancements in technology.

    • @siddhanthbhattacharyya4206
      @siddhanthbhattacharyya4206 3 года назад +9

      @Kreature Feature I mean social media distracts people but, instead of knowing quick fixes to walkmans/electrical appliances kids these days know useful shortcuts on computers/mobile and are taught to write lines of helpful codes at school, so yeah, they might not know about obsolete tech but boy, are they up to date with advanced tech

    • @lolom8772
      @lolom8772 3 года назад +1

      Kreature Feature the funny thing is these children will grow to become way smarter than you and me will ever dream of being, every generations becomes way smarter than it’s predecessors. You call them illiterate just like how the people before you would’ve said the same thing to you. Just sad

  • @parthoomphy7214
    @parthoomphy7214 4 года назад +225

    10% comments: about the actual video
    90% comments: "Flexing My RUclips Premium "

    • @openlink9958
      @openlink9958 4 года назад +8

      Sike, I dont have it and here I am

    • @constant3273
      @constant3273 4 года назад +1

      YouGadget TV wait what’s so good about it if I can see the same stuff without it?

    • @dv9239
      @dv9239 4 года назад

      @@constant3273 ikr

    • @openlink9958
      @openlink9958 4 года назад

      @@constant3273 that you dont need to wait... Apparently

    • @chernteh1338
      @chernteh1338 4 года назад

      Lol

  • @jsenear
    @jsenear 5 месяцев назад +1

    I am 82 years old and this was a wonderful background video about how the "Walkman" came about. You forgot to talk about the transition when the devices gained recordability. Otherwise, it was perfect.

  • @habavdekar
    @habavdekar 10 дней назад

    I still remember the first time I got my Walkman. I went to the record store and had them record all the chart toppers. Exchanging cassettes from friends so you can record your favorite songs or the whole album. Great Times!!!

  • @maneesh685
    @maneesh685 4 года назад +97

    you should've called jerryrigeverything for the teardown

    • @wiktorrog1428
      @wiktorrog1428 4 года назад +1

      Plastic scratches at level 3!

    • @porkybitz
      @porkybitz 4 года назад +3

      @Adrian Toko "In that soothing voice"... at level 3 we open up those AA batteries and release that 30 year old acid. It spills over the circuit board... aaand we're done.

    • @homeboye8632
      @homeboye8632 4 года назад

      Greg Moore perfect

  • @eloizin
    @eloizin 4 года назад +119

    "I'm fine long as there's batteries in my Walkman" -Marshall Mathers

    • @bubbyft3779
      @bubbyft3779 4 года назад +3

      “nothing is the matter with me
      Shit look at the bright side at least I ain't walking “

    • @ceciladams4882
      @ceciladams4882 4 года назад +3

      @@bubbyft3779 "I bike ride through the neighborhood of my apartment
      Complex on a ten speed which I've acquired parts that I
      Find in the garbage, a frame, then put tires on it
      Headphones on look straight ahead if kids try and start shit"

  • @cowboyconey
    @cowboyconey 3 года назад

    Nice vid. The walkman defined my youth. I had many. Spent countless hours fixing them and the tapes that got chewed. You haven't lived until you've successfully spliced a mangled tape that you love.

  • @ivovass195
    @ivovass195 2 года назад

    Awesome video. Gotta admit I did have one in the 90s, great memories, ability to make personal mixtapes was the best

  • @georgerixon11
    @georgerixon11 4 года назад +72

    Damn these RUclips premium chairs are comfy

    • @batman_2004
      @batman_2004 4 года назад +2

      Ikr. 😬

    • @Mkhl4Sure
      @Mkhl4Sure 4 года назад

      💯💯💯

    • @EverettEvJenkins
      @EverettEvJenkins 4 года назад

      lmfaooo

    • @user-rn6kq5qd5v
      @user-rn6kq5qd5v 4 года назад

      I feel like an intruder, I make so many accounts so I may use the free trails

    • @Mkhl4Sure
      @Mkhl4Sure 4 года назад

      @@user-rn6kq5qd5v if it works then it works

  • @theyeetman1817
    @theyeetman1817 4 года назад +232

    “you shouldn’t have killed my mom and squished my Walkman!”

  • @mrickard
    @mrickard 2 года назад

    Nice. Love this take on old tech. Keep em coming 🙏

  • @f1rstclass289
    @f1rstclass289 3 года назад +2

    I still love and create and listen to mix Cassettes. I love the Sony Walkman. Sharing, while active duty n the Military. To save on batteries, I literally used a Bic Ink Pen 🖊 to spin and Rewind all my Cassettes. It really works awesome. And still have an extensive Cassette collection.

  • @dominus6695
    @dominus6695 4 года назад +162

    1980: 2 headphone jacks
    2020: No jack

  • @yesicahernandez4868
    @yesicahernandez4868 4 года назад +14

    I'm 33 years old and the most Cool gift you can had as a child was a walkman. It changed our way to live forever. I want to see where we're going to be in 30 Years

    • @simonh6371
      @simonh6371 4 года назад +2

      Walkman in the 1990s??? I am 48 and they were cool when I was a kid, by the time you were 8 or 10 these were already superceded by CD Walkman

    • @therealtrue842
      @therealtrue842 4 года назад +4

      @@simonh6371 Yeah, but the Discman skipped a lot.

    • @simonh6371
      @simonh6371 4 года назад +2

      @@therealtrue842 True, I remember. So did cassette walkmen too, they used to make some (not original Sony) with anti-roll which were advertised as being suitable for joggers.

    • @yesicahernandez4868
      @yesicahernandez4868 2 года назад

      @@simonh6371 yes, walkman came in the 90s but before that this little guy was very popular, a basic item. At least in my country It became popular very late in the 90s until the anti-skip models arrived

  • @CSltz
    @CSltz 2 года назад

    This stuff was such a life/work changing technology. What a time to be alive. Used these at work when the rule was one ear had to be uncovered. I remember trying to rewire a pair of over the ear headphones to plug into a transistor radio. What the best part of the stuff today is. Being able to get to the song you want and skipping the ones you don’t.

  • @bhoqeem1975
    @bhoqeem1975 2 месяца назад

    I was 4 years old in 1979. The 80s were the best decade to really feel the Walkman hype.

  • @booboo3560
    @booboo3560 4 года назад +105

    This show is like that school project that you’re mad passionate about but nobody else wants to see

  • @Sledmog
    @Sledmog 4 года назад +12

    I feel a little bit proud that, as a child in the 80s, I successfully repaired my Walkman several times. Different times for sure.

  • @davehooper4498
    @davehooper4498 2 года назад +1

    That was awesome, i grew up throughout all these eras. Was a great time to be alive as new things were being invented.

  • @philr3381
    @philr3381 8 месяцев назад

    Never had a Sony walkman but I will always remember getting my Coby portable cassette player at Kmart in the early 90s and listening to Blues Traveler's Four tape. Hahaha...Loved it!

  • @YouTubeITSME
    @YouTubeITSME 4 года назад +248

    Flexing my RUclips premium here.

  • @jordyv.703
    @jordyv.703 4 года назад +130

    Imagine going back in time and showing someone your Galaxy S20 Ultra.

    • @lunchie80
      @lunchie80 4 года назад +32

      Considering half it's data connection reliant features wouldn't work 😂
      But yeah the screen alone would blow their minds.

    • @toniodotcom
      @toniodotcom 3 года назад +30

      You're holding a color TV + a photo camera + a typewriter in a little postcard which has no batteries???
      Dude what's the trick? 20$ for you to show me this awesome magic trick.

    • @rnathanielryaan2034
      @rnathanielryaan2034 3 года назад +6

      @@toniodotcom my money says ill get stoned to death, burned or drowned for being a witch with the magic

    • @rnathanielryaan2034
      @rnathanielryaan2034 3 года назад +3

      @@lunchie80 we'd get executed for high end tech my g, especially if they dont believe its future tech. maybe we're aliens to them HAHAHA

    • @drbali
      @drbali 3 года назад +1

      */The FBI would want to know your location/*

  • @StudioPowerful
    @StudioPowerful 2 месяца назад

    I use a walkman daily to listen to my music! It's such a nice experience and break from the overwhelming tech of today

  • @slb902
    @slb902 3 года назад +3

    Today I learned that there's an actual sport called professional frisbee, Thanks Marques!

  • @shakarussanders9911
    @shakarussanders9911 4 года назад +19

    I've never actually seen one of these!😵 That girl saying that made me feel 100 years old! I'm 42 lol! I had so many Walkmans or a generic versions of it when I was teenager it was a must have on your way to school or work