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It was a cassette player. It was a radio. It was a field recorder. It was a fever dream from Sony’s most experimental era.
Probably not. And that is exactly what makes it so fascinating. sony f99t
The F99T appears to be a —a marriage between a portable stereo cassette recorder and a digital synthesized tuner—built around 1987. The Design That Time Forgot Based on the few surviving grainy photos from Japanese electronics trade shows (and one very lucky Reddit user who found a non-working unit in an Osaka scrap shop), the F99T is stunning. It was a cassette player
But have you ever heard of the ?
If you consider yourself a Sony collector, a vintage audio enthusiast, or just someone who falls down deep Wikipedia rabbit holes at 2 AM, you’ve probably heard of the legendary Sony TPS-L2 (the original Walkman), the iconic WM-10, or the quirky DD series. It was a fever dream from Sony’s most experimental era
