How to improve your music experience?
Written: Jun 23 '01
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Pros: cheap mobile music station
Cons: made of plastic,couple falls and all you need is to dump it.
The Bottom Line: Good walkman , if you care for owing one
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| tarek7's Full Review: Sony M-830V Handheld Cassette Voice Recorder |
SONY Walkman MW-FX 193
Hi there,
Good day everybody, I am really sorry but they don’t have a category under (types) which include walkmans!!
I don’t know why, maybe they think it’s an old fashion thing!
Well, a Great company like Sony is still producing them and they are still in the market, so excuse me dear reader, I did not find a place to put my epinion but here. Hey it’s a Sony, its mobile and its under $100 so, I applied the rules as much as I could but hey if they did make a walkman category under mobile music equipments, I am moving this opinion as soon as possible and hey if you feel that I am irritating you in any way, please just ignore and move on, there are lots of opinions out there, just don’t read that one…no offence and no bull…. etc
Here is another product that epinions never had a category for, I don’t know why!!
Please take the time to view the product before reading through, all you got to do is copy the web page mentioned below and paste it in your browser after opening a new window, please and thank you.
http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/consumer/ss5/car/
cassettewalkmanrtm/cassetteradiowalkmanrtm/wm-fx193.shtml
Many of us love music, the technology is changing very fast and prices are changing too.
Due to the new technology of MP3 format which came out 4 or 5 years ago, by a German Inventor, (I don’t recall the name), our music world had a very big impact, many electronic devices came out (portable mp3 players), home mp3 players that also plays DVD, many prices went down especially the walkman players.
My first Walkman I had was in the early 80's and it was a Sony, and woo, it was bulky and big compared to the new Walkman designs!
People love and listen to music for many reasons, one of the reasons I love and listen to music is relaxation, music takes your pain away and satisfies your soul and recharge your brain to think clear plus don't forget Music is like any addiction substance but it does not harm you or your body in any way, it helps you forget your worry and pain.
Many of us suffer from anxiety disorder disease, and many of us can't sleep at night, simply to explain how they feel is, their bodies are tired but their minds are not.
They go to bed trying to sleep but their mind is not sleeping their mind is still working, trying to figure out how you are going to pay that car payments or how you going to solve that problem you have with the bank loan and so on. You keep on trying to sleep but the sleep is not coming, you try so hard but your mind doesn’t want to quit and keep on thinking.
Many of us can spend 6 to 8 hours in bed but they never slept 1 minute out of those 8 hours, some of us even get these panic attacks and they don’t leave home. Their world keeps shrinking and they spend there lives in a room, some even start smoking or drinking to overcome that fear but that even worsens the problem and you end up feeling more blue!
I just want to tell these kinds of people, drinking and smoking will not solve the problems, it just relaxes you on the short run but on the long run you are just adding another problem, which is an addiction and addiction is hard to treat!
Ok, so now we know the problem and you are asking what walkmans got to do with anything?
Well, I think walkmans are cool, simply because you can take them anywhere you want to go, and yes even in the bathroom!
Back to our big problem, the solution is very simple
1- You need to play any kind of sport, when you play sport your body produces hormones that relaxes you and make you more comfortable with your environment, walking is a good exercise and it will cost you nothing but a walkman and 2 AA batteries and a nice cool tape, just so you can enjoy your walk, (I recommend buying a Jazz tape, modern Jazz to be exact)
2-you need to give your mind a break at least for 1 hour in a day, so some music will help you to not to think, just for one hour.
3-Try to manage your time more effectively, so buy a calendar planner book and start writing in it all the times, you’re meetings, appointments, work hours.etc and assign 1 hour for walking everyday.
4- when you feel that you are getting mad or you going to lose it, try to take a deep breath and let it out slowly (do that for several times), that will cool you down.
I just hope I have introduced you a new way to change your mood and see life in a better way and yes life is simple if you stop thinking for one hour a day and take one hour off.
Now back to our walkman, the walkman is small and compact, its color is silver metallic and like I said its made of plastic, the walkman design is very simple and cool, it has that blue wave thingy on the tape compartment, which makes it look even cooler.
The walk man plays tapes and Radio too, so you can listen to FM and AM radio, which is cool.
Of course the Walkman tape buttons are very basic, 4 buttons, play, stop, rewind and fast-forward.
It has a button AVLS (on and off) (Automatic Volume Limiter System), this is simply to limit the maximum volume and it keeps it down to protect your ears, even if you forget and you turn the volume up!
The Walkman takes 2 R6 AA batteries, 3 volts DC (direct current)
It comes actually in two models,
WM-FX195 / WM-FX193
The difference is very simple and keep in mind that the WM-FX195 is the better model.
The Difference between WM-FX195 and WM-FX193
1- WM-FX195 has the advantage of connecting it to an AC power adaptor (AC-E30HG) and save on batteries at home, while the WM-FX193 does not!
(There is a way around that, you can buy a recharger and some rechargeable batteries and there you go)
2-Mega Bass function only available for the WM-FX195, The Mega bass function is defined in a switch, if you put the switch on, the Mega Bass produce a deep and powerful sound, i.e. better sound quality.
(For me it does not matter and I am satisfied with no Mega Bass, but hey I am just telling you the difference, you wanted, you buy it, kapish? just kidding)
Specifications
-Frequency range
FM 87.5-108 MHz (Saudi Arabia)
87.6-108 MHz (North, Central and South America)
87.6-107.9 MHz (Other Countries)
AM 526.5-1606.5 kHz (Saudi Arabia)
530-1710 kHz (North, Central and South America)
531-1602 kHz (Other Countries)
These are the frequency specification range that you can find in different types of the same model, depending on where you buy it i.e. the model is the same but the specifications change a bit from one geographic location to the other.
-Dimensions
89.1 x 117.7 x 35.5 mm
3 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 7/16 inches
-Mass
Approx. 140 g (5.0 oz) with out tape and batteries.
Approx.220 g (7.8 oz) with tape and batteries.
I wrote these dimensions, so you as a reader can imagine how big is that Walkman and how heavy it is, you can also visit an electronic store and check it out to add some sense of reality.
- They call this model the stamina because it can give you about 25 hours of tape music with only 2 batteries, pretty cool ahh?
Take a look at this little fact sheet, please and thank you.
Battery life (in Hours)
Sony alkaline LR6 Sony R6p
Playback 25 7.5
Radio 55 18
Keep in mind that these measures value is made by the standard EIAJ (Electronic Industries Association of Japan), Using a Sony HF series cassette tape.
Some advices
-The Walkman comes with nice headphones set and they are really high quality, so I think you don't need to buy any other for a while, unless you like the compact ones that go inside your ear.
-There is a battery indicator little tiny light that dims when the batteries become weak or exhausted, so if that happens, just replace the batteries with new ones.
-There is also that little plastic holder that allows you as a user to hold your walkman to your belt, its cool if you are walking, but I must warn you, if you like biking and you take that walkman on a bike be aware that it can easily slip from your belt due to fast motion activity you are doing and your walkman will bust, so please be smart and don't take it on a bike ride unless you secure it.
-Try to keep the volume low especially on the road, at least so you can hear what’s going around you when you are walking or riding a bike or taking a quick run, as a part of a safety measure, its better to be safe than sorry.
-Don't forget to clean you headphones and earphone plug after extended periods of using.
-Keep the head (its the small magnetic piece of metal that comes in contact with your tape surface) clean, so clean the head and tape path with a cotton swab slightly moisted with cleaning fluid or alcohol.
-There is a special protection cover or a little water proof little purse size, that can fit a walkman and a tape and 2 spare batteries, which you can easily find in Radioshack and music stores. Its really handy to have such a little walkman case, first of all it protects your walkman finishing and makes it look neat, second, your batteries can run low in the middle of a walk, plus you might need to change the tape with another one.
Thank you for reading
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Amount Paid (US$): 35
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