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20yrs ago I got walkman speakers that didn't use batteries. THirty years ago I ran several 8ohm speakers off my pocket sized cassette recorder without additional power. Now I can't buy ready made walkman speakers without batteries. I'm prepared to make my own (housing will stink) but why?

- = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist

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You mean they don't have their own amplification.

I have several pairs of these I got during promotions at office-supply stores. They use highly-efficient drivers that can produce reasonable volume from the minuscule output of a pocket Walkman or Discman (20mW to 50mW).

Such speakers can't play very loud or produce a lot of bass. This is almost certainly the reason they're no longer made, and have been replaced by amplified systems for iPods. I have no idea where you would find the necessary drivers.

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William Sommerwerck

Some "powered (amplified) speakers" can also be used passively. But, sound level is markedly lower.

The market has shifted to "iPod speakers" which expect higher efficiency "earbud" reproducers *or* "amplified docks".

You can similarly complain that you can't buy blank Beta video tape or, better yet, blank *8 track* media!

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D Yuniskis
*+-Some "powered (amplified) speakers" can also be used passively. *+-But, sound level is markedly lower.

I thought of that, Phillips SBA 1602, No luck.

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I found them by searching !!

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