[mamelukesabre]

The walkman was audio cassettes. Why would any kid know about it?

However, they might have heard about a diskman, and a handcam.

I never owned an actual walkman. I had a panasonic version that was better than a walkman...but much heavier.

[radiohead]

I still have my Walkman and used it religiously until just a few years ago when fellow FReepers convinced me to get an MP3 player. I love not having to travel with a stack of tapes and batteries.

I loved my cheap little MP3 player and it suited my needs. I refused to buy an iPod due to a blend of not enough money and dislike of Apple.

However, when someone showed me their iTouch (an iPhone w/o the phone) I was hooked and bought one the same day. It is an amazing bit of machinery. I feel like I’m in Star Trek every time I use it. I’ve got music, newspapers, internet, all kinds of cool apps, and books on it. I love it and think it was worth the price. I still take my old MP3 player to the gym, but my iTouch is becoming “my little friend” very quickly.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Yup. I had a very nice Panasonic that had a graphic equalizer and played metal tapes. That was sometime around 1984 and it cost about a hundred bucks. But I could copy my LPs (and later CDs) to hi-bias tapes and they sounded great.

With that and my Pioneer (all analog) component deck in the pickup with some nice heavy duty drivers & piezo tweeters in the doors, and a nice Kenwood unit in the car (which actually had some nice speakers factory installed), I was rockin' wherever I went.

I don't have any walkaround type stereo now. If somebody made one with a good AM/FM radio I might buy it. My ever present cell phone has a good MP3 player though I seldom use it.