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From: dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Walkman Type Tape Players with Dolby-C or dBX?
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Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 10:58:41 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 24 10:58:41 1985
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> > I'm in the market for a Walkman type tape player which features
> > dBX noise reduction.  Does anyone know of such a beast?  Thanks,
> > 
> > /Don
> 
> And I am in the market for a Walkmen-type tape player which features
> Dolby-C. Even more, I really really want a small, portable unit that will
> RECORD and that has Dolby-C. I have seen and heard some older Aiwa recording
> portables that made excellent quality recordings, but tape hiss was of course
> still a problem. Does anyone make such gadgets, or does anyone know whether
> these things are in the making and likely to appear soon?
> 
> 				My thanks in advance,
> 
> 				Mark Dickinson (med@astrovax)

I can sort of help you here.  If you want Dolby C, Sony is your only choice.
Sony makes two models which sport Dolby C.  The WM-D6C Walkman "PRO" at
$249.95 from J&R in NYC and WM-DC2 $149.95 (same place).  Both units come
with MDR-40L's have quartz lock drives tape selectors (norm, metal) 
counter inertial flywheels and
Dolby B&C.  The WM-DC2 uses 2 AA's the WM-D6C uses 4 AA's.  The WM-DC2 looks
to be a relatively small unit the WM-D6C is roughly 6in by 2in and is fairly
heavy.   The difference is that the WM-DC2 is a normal walkman with the
additional features of Dolby C and Quartz drive and as such is probably
pretty small, light, and battery efficient.
The D6C, however, is basically a small full featured cassette
recorder including all the above features plus recording (the real level
set kind not the auto-level kind), real frequency specified performance
(30-15k+-3db), records norm, chrome, and yes even metal tapes, pitch
control, it also sucks batterys for lunch (4AA's akalines last 6 hrs).

I'm quoting J&R just because I have their catalog handy probably a lot
of places carry the two units so you might do well to shop around.
Buy a stereo review and call around.  The number for J&R, however,
is (800)221-8180

David Albrecht
General Electric