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From: terryl@tekchips.UUCP ()
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Sony Discman(R)
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Date: Sat, 17-Nov-84 02:43:15 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 17 02:43:15 1984
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     Well, a coworker was in Japan earlier this week, and he just happened
to buy a Discman while he was over there and brought it back. A few comments
on it:


     It's just a little bigger than the cases the CD come in, and about twice
as thick as one. It came with an AC adapter(unfortunately, since he bought it
in Japan the adapter was for Japan power, but we managed to get it hooked up
to a different power supply to listen to it). The player itself can only drive
earphones, but has outputs to hook it up to a real amp. Looks like standard
RCA-type plugs. It sounds reasonably good through the earphones, but I wonder
how it will sound through a real amp. Even over in Japan, none of the optional
accessories were out yet. It appears the vibration problem has been solved,
but we didn't give that a real thorough test. It was a Sony unit, so I expect
it'll hold up to most normal outdoor uses. Don't know anything about how water-
tight or dustproof it is. The thing runs on 9 volts DC, and it draws 1/2amp,
(or so the AC adapter said), so it sounds like the portable battery pack is
gonna be slightly hefty.