If you want something Walkman-like and aren’t short of a few bob, there’s always:
https://teenage.engineering/products/tp-7
- scratches a similar itch, but is also a:
https://teenage.engineering/products/tp-7
- scratches a similar itch, but is also a:
I would not be suprise if it was cheaper to find and refurb a vintage Walkman.
https://www.perfectcircuit.com/gieskes
The TE recorder is beautiful. I hadn’t heard of that term captures it perfectly. The itch is only scratched once it’s owned though right? O_o Their OB-4 has a similar wheel transport that can be scrubbed too and it keeps a rolling buffer of the last so many seconds of sound into the speaker from whatever source is playing.