The BEST Walkman Ever? The Sony D6C Professional Walkman Review in 2025 With Modern Gear

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The Sony D6C Professional Walkman (1984-2002) is often hailed as the pinnacle of portable cassette technology. So… does it live up to the hype?

Here’s a spoiler: The entire voice-over was recorded on it! But is it a large Walkman or a portable deck?

In this video we go over the history and features of the only cassette portable ever released with Dolby C Recording. We test and compare voice and music recording. And play with modern IEMs (Sony IER-Z1R), headphones (Hifiman HE1000se) and the Woo Audio WA8 tube amp. We explore how its robust Disc Drive mechanism and quartz control place it amongst Sony's best sounding Walkmans.

All packaged into a Technostalgism visual feast. Enjoy pure analog nirvana!

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➡️ Amorphous head discussion: https://www.stereo2go.com/topic/index...

➡️ Vintage gear seen in the video
Teac O’CASSE • Cassette with Interchangeable Reels (Short:    • TEAC Open Cassette swapped reels to make y...  )
Sony SRS-T1 Active Speaker
HITACHI CP-1 PERDISCO Portable Cassette Player
Sony WM-D6 • https://walkman.land/sony/wm-d6
Sony WM-DC2 • https://walkman.land/sony/wm-dc2
Sony WM-D3 • https://walkman.land/sony/wm-d3
Sony WM-75 Sports Walkman • https://walkman.land/sony/wm-75
Sony MDR-31 Headphones

➡️ Featured Modern Devices
Luxury & Precision W2 portable DAC
Sony IER-Z1R IEMs
Woo Audio WA8 Eclipse transportable tube amp
Hifiman HE1000SE planar headphones

Chapters:
00:00 • Intro
01:37 • Design & Features
02:08 • Adding Dolby “C” to the D6
02:37 • Sony DC2 & D3 Walkmans
03:21 • Connections and Controls
04:01 • QUARTZ Control & Disc Drive
05:08 • Sony IER-Z1R IEMs Pairing
05:20 • Pairing with Woo Audio WA8 + HE1000SE
05:59 • Amorphous Head?
06:43 • Voice Recording Demo
07:18 • Music Recording Demo
07:36 • A few more things…

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