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[–] 2 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Are they waterproof? I feel like the question is begged by the brand name, like I have to wonder if the rear window of a Lincoln car is bulletproof because... why TF else would you name it after a president who was shot in the back of the head? I mean really. Oh, and also because of the bathing suit on the model holding it.

Also, I'd go with the bottom one for the colours alone. Black and gold, like a Trans Am.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    The Fisher brand was named after Avery Fisher who founded the company. They were very well regarded in the tube era, but after solid-state took over, they got sold a few times and ended up in Sanyo's portfolio where they dragged around as a low-end brand until the 1990s.

    I have one of their early 1980s amplifiers which is fairly heavy, but not nearly as well put together as most '70s kit.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (4 children)

    they’re super not waterproof! sony had some “sport” walkmen that featured rubber seals and a lil locking clip, but even those i’d be careful around water with hahah

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    My first yellow Sony Walkman Sports, the yellow one, fell into The Chuck while I was working on the pens at a fish farm. A week later it was found on a 'mort' dive and, yeah, I should've been more careful.

    I was more careful with the second one and didn't trust the belt clip.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    i have that same one! funnily enough they actually hold up REALLY WELL over time because the “sealed” interior makes the rubber belts age slower lmao

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Ha! I can confirm that the first one only succumbed because the 3.5mm let the water in. The second lasted, oh, longer than my discman. I remember using it in '94ish - 3+ years later - when I'd had a discman in '88ish. The cassettes were so much better on the move.

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