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- From: kevink@samsara.tv.tek.com (Kevin Karth)
- Subject: Re: RECOMMANDATION FOR WALKMAN ABOUT $100
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.060510.5789@tvnews.tv.tek.com>
- Sender: kevink@tv.tv.tek.com
- Organization: Tektronix TV Products
- References: <1992Dec21.190235.16464@iex.uucp> <1190783@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:05:10 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1190783@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> donrm@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Don Montgomery) writes:
- >In rec.audio, frankc@faatcrl (Frank Coffman) writes:
- >
- >> Sony sports.
- >
- >Of all the Sony yellow-cased "sport" manually-tuned walkmans I've looked at
- >in the stores, more than half of them have had one or both knobs broken
- >
- >I really liked the digital tuned Sony sports walkman, it's built like the
- >
- >Anyway, I'm still without a portable.
- >
- >> Have you looked at the Panasonic RQ-V520? It's built well, but not in-
- >> destructably. It has a digital tuner w/ 18 station preset/mems., remote
- >> control of all functions from the headphone cord, yet a standard mini-
- >> stereo jack. LCD display, auto reverse, DOLBY, "XBS" Bass Expander system,
- >> mono/stereo and local/DX switches for tuner functions, "hold" sw. to lock
- >> keyboard from innadvertent accuation, really trick looking 4ch tape head.
- >>
- >> The performance: FM sensitivity, adjacent ch rejection and dynamic
- >> range of tuner are first class! Frequency response of tuner and tape
- >> are more than adequate. You oughta' hear this rig with my Sony MDR-7506's
- >> (Pro version of MDR-V6) plugged in! The signal to noise and flutter of the
- >> tape transport are listenable but not world class (what walkman is?).
- >> 'Best bang for the buck I've found and it fits in your shirt pocket with
- >> room to spare and wil set you back less than $100.00!
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- >> Good luck!
-
- >> kevink@tv.tv.tek.com
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