TWIN TAPE Walkman - Worth copying?

[@Dukefazon]

When I was in 6th os 7th grade I found a walkman in a desk. I brought it home for the weekend and loved it. My parents didn't let me keep it, I had to bring it back and give to the lost and found office. The owner showed up within minutes after I dropped it off so I never got to keep it :( But I remembered the look and feel, it was magical. It was a Panasonic RQ-S33. It was not sold in my country, in fact I think it was a Japanese only model and the kid who owned it probably got it as a gift. My whole life I was dreaming about having a model like that, it was super slim, slick, soft touch, nothing I've ever seen before. Every walkman was so chunky, bulky, the machism was part of the button if you know what I mean. This one felt futuristic. And seeing your videos on vintage cassette players made me venture out and managed to snag one from Japan. This model is fairly pricy but after 25+ years I was able to get one, it wasn't a difficult repair to replace the belt and I spent the next couple of weeks listening to my old tapes. It was magical! I love walkmans that are almost as small as a cassette case, barely any width to them. I almost fell into the habit of walkman collecting, but luckily I quickly figured it out that this is now a really expensive hobby and I already have an expensive hobby with collecting old video games :)

[@deineroehre]

8:40 Matts invention for circumventing the copyright strikes by constantly changing the playbackspeed amazes me!

[@eekee6034]

🤣👍

[@Charonupthekuiper]

Not so much wow as bloody hell!

[@joaoluizitagibafonseca9829]

Good to see you back, Matt! KZbin is not the same without Techmoan.

[@planetX15]

Techmoan*

[@benjaminhanke79]

​@@planetX15 or ss the puppet used to say "this Technoman"

[@johanea]

Has not been any different. Really.

[@mackpines]

Sounds like your voice is back. Plus, a super rare Tuesday video! Christmas came early for me!

[@soggysadboi]

Just had a tooth pulled. No fun, all numbed up and awkward - seeing this in my subscription feed brightened up my mood dramatically!

[@Zimmy_1981]

Here is wishing u a full & speedy recovery mate. I know how that can be❤

[@rickm.2956]

Good hearing your voice sir.

[@BSGSV]

2:06 Fun Fact: in the 90's I used the motor, brass gears and rubber pulley band to create a battery powered petri dish spinner for plating bacteria in the lab. I was a Ph.D. student at the time. I still have that device too.

[@romulusnr]

your voice sounds bloody fine mate

[@dawabbit65]

KZbinrs are too hard on themself

[@Nostaljack]

He sounds sick. I don't care about it but I do notice it.

[@tatianaes3354]

@@Nostaljackstill sounds better than most folks anyway 😂

[@ianstarcroft]

Time to record some peel removal voice overs 😂

[@nathanpreece]

Mat's calming, clear, Northern-accented voice is probably the main reason why I subscribed to his channel within 20 seconds of watching one of the earliest videos of his many, many years ago.

[@MichaelYates]

Thanks for our Christmas Present. Was not expecting another video before Christmas.

[@FurgottenWolf]

There was definitely a use case for these. I worked at a music store in the mall in the very early 90s and kids would have these. They would buy a cassette, go out to the mall, make a dub in one of these devices, then come right back in and return the cassette. OK it also happened with double cassette boom boxes but these were more discrete and I definitely remember more than one kid pulling the buy-dub-return shenanigans with these!

[@joojoojeejee6058]

Might also be convenient at copying friends' tapes at school.

[@marcosmota1094]

Also, Phish heads at concerts could share tapes.

[@Zimmy_1981]

Funny where I live, "dub" is a music genre 😂

[@pbsa1979]

I had a discman and minidisc for this purpose, ehh, golden days gone by...

[@cybertonto72]

This is why I wanted one when I saw it. Then guy at my local music shop would have been cool with letting me do it too. Think he got fired because he was selling mix tapes too.

[@jonleonard1555]

4:35 That's from "Colossus the Forbin Project"! I remember that one, only because it started Eric Braeden, who acted in my mom's favorite soap opera "The Young and the Restless" as Victor Newman.

[@vmhanlon]

Great movie and so prescient!

[@lolatu4402]

I hope you're feeling better and on your way to full recovery! Love your channel. You really do brighten people's day when your videos drop. I hope you know your work is much appreciated!

[@5alpha23]

5:50 - Okay, my mind is properly blown right now. I never knew something like that existed. And the tuner wheel sticking out of the other side, like WHAT?!

[@robertsmith4830]

Same!

[@sppie]

definitely prefer the version with your voice over the ai text to speech

[@zusurs]

What are you all talking about in comments? There was a video where he did AI generated voice or what?

[@viktors9385]

No, but apparently a lot of channels start doing it.

[@nowster]

Although Mat has recently had problems with losing his voice, KZbin has been replacing original audio with an AI dubbed version for people in non English speaking countries.

[@Shermanxd]

​@@nowsterReally? Didn't know about that. optional?

[@GraveUypo]

@@nowster you can choose the audio track and i GREATLY appreciate the feature. it allows me to share english video with my non-english speaking relatives who were previously locked into 3% of the world's content that is in portuguese. but oh boy the AI voice does suck

[@withinjapan2024]

I use to love those cassette tapes with the reels inside them.. no wonder I loved physical media or looked amazing unlike a mp3

[@lm_dccxl4078]

your voice sounds more asmr than ever, a win in my books.

[@swebigmac100]

Matt. Those glasses are amazing. You look like a KING!

[@rubenmejia942]

Mat, I can hear that you still have a cold. But, I'm glad you're doing better!

[@AK-vx4dy]

Duplicating was extra, but possibly to hear 120 minutes of music in one case that was something

[@mauritsvw]

Even better, TDK had a C180 cassette on the market, which would give you 3 hours continuous play (of course you had to flip it over halfway if you did not have auto reverse).

[@AK-vx4dy]

@mauritsvw I know but I'm afraid that walkman mechanism may struggle with such tapes

[@CTCTraining1]

What intrigues me is how fast a couple of AA batteries flatten doing tape-to-tape copying 😀

[@tubical71]

Because it needs to operate not only one but two mechanisms all at once, reducing with roughly also halves the battery lifetime.

[@deepblueskyshine]

Early surface mount electrolytics are also, most probably, half dried, but more damagingly, they like to leak and destroy the PCB, and although in these machines they used mostly tantalums, allumunium are also present.

[@Kehk-in-a-MiG]

The _Techmoan_ sequel nobody asked for, but everyone wanted! Feel better, Mat!

[@carstenjunge1327]

Get well soon

[@Nic5Cyprus]

Oh wow, look who uploaded on a Tuesday night

[@MM.]

I wonder if there was ever a double recorder in this form factor for interviewing purposes. Either for immediately having two copies at one's disposal or to ensure redundancy in case one of the tapes snapped or got mangled without the interviewer noticing.

[@StoneyRerootkit]

Or if Perhaps a Recording Were Confiscated By The Authorities😮🐙🦅🤡🍆👀

[@phranerphamily]

Thought you were sounding just fine and I'm glad you're finally feeling a little better. I also like the new glasses 😊

[@jasejj]

I could see these being used by kids to copy friends' Spectrum games in the playground without having to take them home.

[@skeennah1927]

great vision, imagine that happening

[@kaitlyn__L]

Maybe one entrepeneurial kid in a large school somewhere bought this, charged a quid per dub, and made his money back... almost.

[@spugintrntl]

I think he addressed this idea in the original video about the Sony one. It probably didn't have enough fidelity to copy software properly.

[@melvoid01]

I too am in the final stages of a stinking cold, so you have all the sympathy, good to see you back.

[@ChristofferNelsonG]

I am pretty sure I remember a low-budget JIL or Candle brand twin tape personal cassette player... but 40 years ago is a looong time. I could be wrong.

[@andymerrett]

Just when I thought I'd worked out when the bins go out during Christmas and New Year, the holiday confusion continues with a Tuesday Techmoan! Not that I'm complaining:)

[@keith9876]

Good to see you back. Now you don't have to change your channel name to Techwhisper.

[@davidjewood]

Came for did cats go to the moon? Stayed for Techmoan What a unexpected Tuesday night treat

[@htiekmahned8859]

No need to apologize. Get well soon!

[@dueholm123]

Great to see and hear you back again.

[@joethompson11]

Glad your on the mend Mat, I've just had the flu, no fun! Was a treat to have a new video on a Tuesday!

[@Badger_Watch42]

Nice clip of Colossus as well as a great video

[@raulglez]

Ciertamente, poder oír tus vídeos en el lenguaje de Cervantes es estupendo, aunque llevo tanto tiempo escuchando tu voz con subtítulos, me quedo con tu voz. Muchas gracias por tu esfuerzo en que más personas puedan ver tus vídeos. Saludos desde Bilbao - España, ¡Feliz Navidad!

[@brandonsteele2826]

1:10 i love seeing old electronics catalogs. I wish i could more easily find them online

[@myleft9397]

Triple mind blown... didn't know about the double cassette walkman, didn't know about the other double cassette one, didn't know about "tuner packs" 🤯

[@babygerald4645]

There is nothing quite like 1980/90s portable music player engineering. It's almost a lost art. Sony, Aiwa, Panasonic, Toshiba-- so many insane designs. Thanks again, Mat. Hope you get well soon!

[@springbay1]

Wow, AI voice capabilities improved so much in just a week

[@rommee]

Me telling my boss that I'm NOT going in today because TODAY is a Techmoan Saturday 🥳

[@PhilipCockram]

Happy Christmas .

[@padawanmage71]

Good to have you back, sir, and glad you’re on the mend. I was chewing my dinner when you played that player with the warped music and almost choked from laughter😅

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

Glad you're recovering, mate!

[@CullenCraft]

I remember in the Sony video your first thought was “I can copy zx80 games with this” lol

[@maxcastanet]

Merry Christmas, Mat. I've become a huge fan of yours over the last few months and I want you to know that I appreciate all that you've done

[@davidbutler8096]

AIWA made some great stuff. Not quite SONY...but close.

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Aiwa is (or was) a division of Sony Corporation. Sanyo was a part of Matsushita Electric Company.

[@davidbutler8096]

@@RJDA.Dakota Matsushita...had their hands all over the place...Panasonic, Sanyo, Technics...and even JVC. Sony was a major stockholder in Aiwa...going back to the late 60's...but didn't fully own them until 2002.

[@EggTamago7]

It always blows my mind to see how small cassette portables actually got. I grew up in the 90s, and by the time I got my first and only Walkman, these were mostly just cheap devices you gave your kid, because you didn't want them ruining an expensive Discman or something. Naturally, it's one of those late 90s chonkers from Sony that all used the same mechanism, all plastic construction, no convenient features like auto-reverse, etc. I would've loooooved something more akin to the Aiwa you showed. I also had no idea radio add-ons were even a thing. Granted, I've always kind of hated the radio, so I suppose it wouldn't have been on my radar anyway.

[@dieferman]

Wow, great to have you back with more great content! Thanks! I hope you fully recover soon!

[@MarkSynthesis]

Wow, this Text-to-Speech function in KZbin has really come into its own! Obligatory joke aside, it's great to hear you again Mat, and hope you're well onto recovery; if we don't get to hear from you again this month, have a Happy New Year too!

[@simontopple911]

Didn't expect this video. Voice over is surprisingly good. It needs longer gaps, IMO, but that shouldn't take away from knowing you're still out there doing your thing.

[@midorinchan]

Been binging Techmoan all month as I get back into Cassettes, queued this video up without even seeing that it released today! What a pleasant surprise 😊😊😊😊

[@sagemorrison360]

I remember when you posted that video 7 years ago, I can’t believe it’s been that long!

[@snake211987]

Tuesday Techmoan! Terrific!

[@maximilianfischer8899]

Hope you'll fully recover soon

[@singeslayer8367]

Glad to hear that your voice came back, Mat!

[@microbuilder]

5:45 Huh, never knew that was a thing, pretty cool though!

[@AthosJosue]

I hope you get better soon Matt. You are by far my favorite KZbinr.

[@Spiderjin]

A twin-tape Walkman? That’s basically the stretch limo of the ‘80s! Big, quirky, but not exactly your daily driver. Kudos for unearthing these forgotten gems - the past, even when bulky, always has its charm!

[@christopherbyrne1617]

Good to see you back Matt!

[@gracemember101]

Glad you are doing better. I had to laugh at "the stretch limo with the hot tub in the back". What a mental picture that is!

[@Crazy_Borg]

4:33 Ah, Colossus: the forbin project. Great Film!

[@lutello3012]

Love that fkick. Shout out to Lawrence Hall of Science!

[@winterburan]

😃I remember that in 1990 a friend arrived at school with a Sony Walkman, probably not for the European/Italian market, because when he took it to a Sony center they were surprised and amazed at how small it was and that no one knew anything about it, I think it came from a trip of a relative of his to Japan, it was similar to the Grungig in the video with AA battery in the external support, light in color and could record in stereo, the case of the audio cassette itself seemed like the Grundig, I have never been able to find it in photos on the net.

[@djrose3]

Glad your feeling better! Your voice was just fine! Thanks for this episode… interesting stuff! 🙂

[@pissybadger4446]

You and James May should do a show together.

[@raymondmartin6737]

Thanks, glad you are feeling better, coming from an 80 year old Disabled American Veteran, born in London UK during WWII, but that's another story. I had a nice Aiwa portable cassette player recorder with Dolby and a digital display with Solenoid Controls back in 1985, when novel cassette devices were at their peak. I also had a Sony CFS-D7 Cassette Corder which was a silver colored Boom Box which at J&R electronics in Manhattan downtown cost about $400.09 US then, about a weeks pay back then Now I obtained one from Japan which only receives FM up to about 90 MHz from 76 MHz then used in Japan. It has Dolby B, even a Ferri- Chrome Type III tape selector, and Solenoid touch cassette controls, which now are a problem. Sony used to have repair around NYC. Local repair stores are unable to repair this feature. Even when I had my original US version over 40 years ago, the solenoid controls seized and could not be fixed by then a Sony, etc, repair facility in my area. 😊

[@cjc363636]

Cool - "Look what we made!" trick, but you're right in that kids back then - I'm 58 now, so college years??? - were into smallest player available. Oh, and points for Colossus / The Forbin Project clip! THAT movie played on TV a lot back in the day, and ran 11-year-old me to go hide under a bed! This was AI horror before Terminator or Skynet!

[@JCWise-sf9ww]

Say Matt, I have one of those eensy-weensy Sony Walkmans and was Gobsmacked how small they made it, the size of a cassette storage case! It really worked excellently, loved the thing.

[@simonrussell4986]

Pretty sure I had the same Lasky's catalogue (albeit from a Peterborough branch). Used to spend hours staring at it (and the Dixons, Maplin, any other brochure I could get). Treated myself to a tiny Panasonic personal stereo with a gumstick battery when I saved up, but it would have been much later. Younger sister borrowed it for a school trip, never saw it again. Glad to see you're back, look after yourself.

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

Yes! A Techmoan video sometime other than Saturday morning!

[@sonus289]

Glad to see your on the mend Matt!!! I never knew these portable exsisted till I had seen them on your videos!!

[@jamesdrake6200]

Glad you're feeling a bit better and that you posted a video. 🙂I hope you have a great Christmas holiday.

[@calebwright6151]

Good To See You Back Matt

[@MOON_BOYS]

Good to get you back online. We need someone to moan about tech.. merry Christmas 🎄

[@rockaholictom]

Radio tuner packs as a concept have blown my mind!! I absolutely have to find one now 😂

[@martytoo]

Good to hear your voice issue was due to an infection. The way you announced loss of voice a few days ago made me wonder if it was something more serious. Stay well for the holidays. Happy Christmas.

[@flatusvocis.]

I'm glad your voice is back, good sir!

[@matthewwinslow1008]

Love to see these things that either I had forgotten about, or that I didn't know existed. I had a couple Walkmans back in my day. The one that stands out was the big sports model. At a time when they were getting smaller, here comes this very chunky yellow model of I remember correctly, that was water proof, or at least, splash proof.

[@The_Farwall]

Just the mention of "Their St Mary's Gate store in Manchester" baffled me, I walk into town every day usually, just to escape the terror of "working from home" meaning my entire life is a single room, I had no idea that short stretch between Market Street and Deansgate had a name. The only store I could say was specifically on that stretch, given most have their store front elsewhere, would be a Paperchase and a Spar convenience store. Oh, and there's a rather up-market Greggs over the road.

[@Kenthis15]

I’m in the middle of a bad cold so when your voice came on I thought you sound how I feel. Lol. Great video.

[@Slane583]

I've only ever owned one SONY Walkman and it is my WM-FX101 from when I was a kid that I still have. As simple as can be for a 90's era Walkman with no fancy features. It's able to play chrome & metal tapes along with having a built-in AM/FM radio tuner. So pretty much a decent unit for a kid. But it does need the belts replaced in order to make the tape deck work again. I have no clue how to open it so it's staying as-is so it doesn't get broken. Being a budget model it's not as straight forward to take apart like the more expensive ones that have screws holding them together. It doesn't really need to function since I have no tapes to play. I have all of my portable cd-players if I want to listen to hard media. :)

[@MarkGodfrey73]

Hopefully you'll shift the cold soon! Thanks for the great upload Mat

[@MazzivJohnson]

James Earl Moan over here killing it!

[@calebbell5018]

Glad the loss of voice wasn't permanent! Thanks for the video!

[@jason80892]

Nice to see you back matt. Great video. Loved your holiday vlog.

[@maccate6868]

Your mention of Central Radio on Shudehill, Manchester brought back some memories.

[@TheStanHill]

So goad you got your voice back, Mat. The world is a slightly better place while it has your voice in it.

[@HomeCinemaEnthusiast]

Great upload , your channel is a massive inspiration to us smaller creators

[@ZGryphon]

The overall vibe of it puts me in mind of that one boombox with the three cassette mechs in it. Sort of an "A, cool! But B, actually why?" :)

[@mrfavus]

Glad you're feeling better!

[@mennotimpo8746]

I bought this sony from my hard owned holiday-job money in 1985 😎🤗 Also recorderd some live concerts with it. How proud I was 😇

[@ekowstevens4054]

As a talking book addict in the late 80s through the 90s I would have killed for a two tape revers play silence skip walkman. 45 mins per side auto play would be 6hrs. Absolutely epic

[@DynamixWarePro]

Good to hear your voice has come back, even if it is still not 100%. While the Walkman I knew about, I didn't know about the Panasonic one or that way of getting a radio tuner in them, so that was interesting to find out about.

[@ShaneWims]

Always a good day when you release a new video!

[@sfjneanrirjlkdfvwliejferjlncv]

Your Aiwa reminded me of my Aiwa. I had the HS-PC202 once, the mk1 with the ribbed exterior. Bought it cheap, last years model. Had dolby c and everything. The clip on battery box was a bit fragile, but it was a lovely little thing, very slim very slick, never should've let that one go... They're worth a pretty penny nowadays too it seems.

[@cybertonto72]

I remember seeing the Sony back in a shop and wanting one, mostly because I wasn't allowed to use the home system unsupervised.

[@mistermatix8241]

Perfect for blagging games at school! If you had a Speccy or C64, you'd be the MAN if you had this in school! I'm not surprised by Panasonic having a similar model, to me, Panasonic & Sony, despite being competitors, always seemed to live in the same kind of space. There was a kinship with them. Design, function, features, they always seemed to want to outdo each other in some way.

[@SeismicFrog]

Matt - appreciate you putting out a midweek video! If rumors are true, I hope you feel better!

[@CK-ceekay]

Wow, not every day you see a reference to the Forbin Project. Great stuff.