Sony WM-EX610

The WM-EX610 is a stereo cassette player Walkman manufactured by the Sony Corporation. Slightly larger than the cassette it plays, it is an all-metal body unit, with auto reverse system, and remote control via the headphone cord. It also has GROOVE, MEGA BASS, and Dolby noise reduction facility.

Tape Controls

This is a high-end stereo player with superb sound quality. The audio circuit based around the Toshiba TA2123 Amplifier Chip surpasses all expectations.

Controls / Sockets

This model has automatic tape detect sensors; hence, there are no switches to set, as it will perform the switching automatically to select chrome, metal, or ferric tapes. The mechanical engineering of this unit is greatly simplified and the tape transport mechanism consists of dual capstans driven by a single motor and drive belt.

Cassette Compartment

The great thing about this unit is that it has a rotary volume control, which is simple yet effective. They have tried to reduce un-necessary digital circuitry to keep the sound quality to the highest level possible.

The sound quality of this Walkman is superb and I often find myself converting those hollow sounding MP3 tracks back to tape through a graphic equaliser, and on this player, it sounds out of this world. This article continues, and in the following pages you can see the inside circuitry, mechanical design, and more.

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