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I Wrote This

So I have gone ahead and ordered an old Walkman…

Twenty-two bucks for the same model Walkman that I had my first year of college? Sure—why not?

“Nothing spins but motor seems to work,” reads the item description… odds are good it just needs a new belt.

I had been thinking about getting one of those We Are Rewind things—the Bluetooth and USB-charging battery are compelling features—but by all accounts, they are built around garbage motors and read heads because no one makes the good ones anymore.