Sony Walkman Professional WM-D6C - Akio Morita's Miniature Marvel that Scares Nakamichis!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- In this episode, Mike and David discuss Sony's classic WM-D6C Walkman Professional cassette portable.
It's 'handbags at dawn' time, when David produces his much loved and well used example, only to be trumped by Mike's new, mint, boxed one!
But they both agree that this is a serious bit of kit - a little cassette recorder that thinks it's as good as a Nakamichi, and has the performance to prove it!
Each episode of Hi-Fi Riff features their unedited, unexpurgated views about all manner of weird and wonderful hi-fi designs. Mike has a wealth of knowledge from his hi-fi retail years, and David has written about hi-fi for thirty years. Now Editor-in-Chief of StereoNET, he's picked up a few things along the way.
So brew up a cuppa or crack open a can, and relax and enjoy some one-take hi-fi riffing - and please leave your comments below. Oh, and don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button, this one goes up to eleven!
The eighties-tastic title tune is called ‘UFO/Mike’s Jumper’, and used with the express permission of our old pal and rights holder Simon Lythe.
To read David's review of this iconic amp, click here: zstereo.co.uk/...
My dad passed away last year and I found one of these in his things. mint condition. I remember him not letting me play with it as a kid , its really cool to know its a great unit and sought after
Hi, Ex-Sony audio service engineer here. Had, owned, sold multiple, regretted it, and bought another mint one and fully upgraded it. They truly are quite wonderful pieces of equipment. A mint condition one without box would be approximately £1000 now, with box (sealed) depending on condition, can be anything up to £3000. Surprisingly, due to the dedicated following around the world, new parts are now being made for this model including replacement hybrid IC's and cabinet parts. Such is the timeless devoted following for this little cassette recorder. Ast..
They are only about £400 in mint on eBay, I’m selling mine with bids
I have 3 of these. 1. Works great (might need belt replacement) 2. Powers on no sound 3. No power.
Looking for someone in Australia to restore them. They truly are a great piece of history.
Would appreciate if someone could direct me towards restoring them. TIA
hi, I have a D6, can you please let mw know where are new IC being sold, thank you!
A truly revered product and you two guys are becoming something of a Hi-Fi channel treasure too! I've never had the pleasure of using one of these but it's hard for me to get my head around how a portable can mix it with proper 'separates' sized decks in playback and record quality, and from 1984 too. These truly were the days. Oh Sony, what hath happened to thee....?
Woah😮! What a classic! In the old days I always took mine to the gym and loved the sound so much that I spent hours on the cardio machine and it helped me get to 8% body fat!
Now I’m a bit of a lard ass, so I better dust it off and get moving again!!!
I just had mine repaired. It still works brilliantly. I bought it in the 80s to record concerts. I sent Orbital a copy of their "secret" pre-Glastonbury gig in Manchester and they put me on the guest list for loads of their concerts. What a machine 🎧🎵
Magically I ve received 2 of them today , where I work , mixed with a lot of wires, and plugs...! Both of them work !
Another great episode. You are fast becoming the Kermode and Mayo of classic hifi. Keep them coming. MB
Amazing machines and nice to see 2 lovely examples in the same video.
Bonus points for the Spinal Tap reference!
It's a really nice bit of kit, i hope to own one someday for high quality cassette recording
I own one of these but I’m selling it, worth quite a bit they are!!
Think your price estimate of between £300 to £400 is too light. Some go for well over a thousand pounds...
Best portable recording cassette decks:
1. Sony TC-D5m
2. Uher CR160
3. Marantz PMD 430
4. Sony WM-D6 (c)
5. Nakamichi 350 / 550
6. Technics RS-686DS
7. Superscope CD330
Of these the Sony WM-D6 is by far the smallest
Makamichi 550 >>>> Sony TC-D5M > Sony D6.
Oh wow. I was that student with a Walkman Pro (bought on HP!) recording from an LP12 and power supply from a Naim SNAPS. The SNAPS was officially modified by Naim for 6VDC. When I did recordings for friends, they could not understand why my tapes sounds so much better.
I had completely forgotten that mod... I sold a snaps a few years ago too... what an idiot! Mike
I bought 2 of these and a 3rd original D6 (green writing instead of yellow) with the pointy amorphous pro heads that were not used in later editions. One of the D6Cs is a 5 digit serial original spec, but nice to see the pair of them this video. They were "cheap" before the G.O.T.G film skyrocketed their prices, managed to grab Cassette Deck 1 and a CR7 around this time as well when everyone was getting rid of stuff like this on Ebay.
I had one of these until the late 90s bought used in the late 80s. I can’t recall what I did with it… Did I sell it to buy a CDP, did it break, did I give it away, I have no recollection.
Great stuff guys! Keep it up with the reviews of classic stuff you seem to be the only Brits doing it, and as much of the kit is still in circulation loads of folk like me are still buying it! (Just got an old Exposure integrated for example). Had a walkman pro back in the day to do interviews and play music and thought it was fantastic. The clarity of the sound was amazing.
I’ve still got mine. The later 1984 edition with Dobly (sorry) C.
I’ve still got the instructions and leather case with strap. Not used that much since new in 1990. I wouldn’t part with it.
I don't know why but I really want to get back into cassettes and get myself a decent mid - high end deck!
Mines come back from restoration right now
Sony also made one that went up with the Apollo missions to the moon!
Tell you something - the money that thing made through the hands of big name songwriters... because it was portable. Nagra a bit harder to find and also reel. The DM is a studio start for some albums, true.
I had one in the late 80s. I always felt it was a bit rolled off at the frequency extremes. The playback only version was the DC2 which sounded better all round to my ears. I also thought the Denon range of cassette decks were amazing at the time.
It was of course set up from the factory for Sony tapes, which weren't the industry standard. Recordings on a TDK SA could sound a little dull, especially if you had Dobly switched in with its 15kHz MPX filter. I use mainly Sony UX Pro (type II) and Maxell UD-XLIIS (ditto) without Dobly and it's pretty open up top. But as you say, you could do better - especially with a high end variable bias deck. Agree also about those late eighties Denons, especially the high end ones.
What other walkman models that don't feature record function would you recommend for sound quality?
Totally love your channel fantastic Hi-Fi show, I love you both chatting about your favourite hobby just like me, however why does dave pronounce SONY soni and Not So-knee?
With a box/accessories and almost new will fetch over 1k
Will it? Because I have one and it is perfect, box and all.
300/400 quid for a month d6c?? I'll buy all day at that price... It's more.like a 1000 usd these days bud!!
Where should I sell mine, in your opinion?
@@serenacanto3148 ebay or etsy. These two will get you the most potential buyers...
@@retroaudiomumbai3045 thanks. I think I’ll open a temporary etsy shop. I have some vintage/old stuff to sell.
@@serenacanto3148 don't tell them.its temporary.. just open a shop you should get 40 free listings to start with...cheers and good.luck..
@@retroaudiomumbai3045 thanks a lot! So kind of you. I’ll let you know how it goes
i found on in op shop it has the case the strap and in the 24,000 serial numbers it cost me $3 aus
У меня есть такой!
Hey guys, any interest in selling the NIB?
What’s the value of this?
Almost as good as Saisho
The box that ripped off a hundred thousand live gigs for bootlegging purposes. Get a man dead.
You guys pro audio people? Don't sound like it. That could be a good thing. But I feel you could not fix one.