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---
title: "Industrial Design Used to Be Cool"
category: "hardware"
date: 2023-01-19T22:05:57+01:00
draft: false
tags: ['retro-tech', 'sony', 'sanyo', 'philips', 'walkman']
---
I am buying an mp3 player...or DAP, as they are called now. While searching, I was
reminded how crazy and creative portable audio players looked in the late 90s/early 00s.
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{{< imgproc "philips2.jpeg" Resize "400x" "I used to have this model!" "https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/walkman-philips-aq6562-i8508289712.html">}}

{{< imgproc "philips.jpeg" Resize "400x" "It's so blue!" "https://allegrolokalnie.pl/oferta/walkman-philips-aq6492-6hr">}}

{{< imgproc "sanyo1.jpeg" Resize "400x" "Have you ever seen something so beautiful?" "https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/unikat-stary-walkman-sanyo-m-gr-78-1991r-nie-sony-i7751674779.html">}}

{{< imgproc "sanyo2.jpg" Resize "400x" "One word: perfection" "https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/164801062384">}}

{{< imgproc "sony1.jpeg" Resize "400x" "Yellow submarine?" "https://allegrolokalnie.pl/oferta/sony-wmb53-sports-walkman-kasetowy-wodoodporny">}}

{{< imgproc "sony2.jpg" Resize "400x" "The original, of couse." "https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Original_Sony_Walkman_TPS-L2.JPG">}}