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02 July 2024

Victor XL-Z1000 (1990) | Laboratory Series

The XL-Z1000 is the first model in a series of statement (Laboratory Series) CD players from JVC (Victor in Japan) launched in 1990. All the latest technology and the most sophisticated construction was adopted to create this 471x126x403mm unit with a weight no more than 19kg. It was such an advanced design that even the Yamaha GT-CD1 (showned last week) was using this very same motor from Victor/JVC. Original sale price aprox. 12.000 DM

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01 July 2024

45 Years of Walkman | Sony TPS-L2 (1979-2024)

The Walkman (portable compact cassette player) was first created because Sony co-founder Masaru Ibuka wanted to be able to listen to music on long flights. The first model of Sony Walkman, the TPS-L2, was released on July 1, 1979. The original Walkman (portable compact cassette player) was created from aluminum, and the later models were made from plastic. Previously, portable cassette machines of various designs were available but they were handheld units and recorders (mostly mono). The TPS-L2 Walkman is the first compact cassette playback-only device specifically created for music listening on-the-go via lightweight headphones. It is worth mentioning that the initial name of this music player was Sound-about in the USA, Freestyle in Australia and Stowaway in the UK. Even though officially only Sony is using the Walkman name in most languages the use of Walkman became generic, meaning a personal stereo of any make. Frequency response: 40-12.000Hz | Size: 88x133.5x29mm | Weight 390g (including 2 batteries) | 2-headphone output | Original sale price: 150 USD

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28 June 2024

SONY LISSA (2000)

The SONY LISSA was a very unique hi-fi stereo system that was introduced in the year 2000. It was so unique that the concept was never further developed, remaining a one off concept. The LISSA was a set of Hi-Fi components that was based on the i.LINK interconnect standard, known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, that was developed as a cooperation between Sony, Panasonic and Apple. Since the first Apple desktop computer was named Lisa (1983), Sony decided to use the name LISSA for this system even though their name adopted for this communication system was:...i.LINK. Basically the SONY LISSA system consists of the following components (all remote controlled): CDP-LSA1 CD player, MDS-LSA1 MiniDisc recorder, STR-LSA1 reciever and SDP-LSA10 DVD/SACD player that are connected with each other using nothing but this i.LINK/IEEE1395/Firewire digital audio-data connector. It was only the STR-LSA1 50W/ch receiver that had an aditonal stereo analog input. As matching loudspeakers the SS-LA500ED were one of the standard acesoires. Standard dimension of a unit: 430x315x70mm (WxHxD).

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