WM-FX2

The WM-FX2 is the radio-equipped companion to the WM-EX2, taking the same compact upright cassette platform and integrating a digital AM/FM tuner with AM stereo capability and world-tuner logic. It retained auto-reverse, Dolby B noise reduction, Extended Dynamic Bass Boost, AVLS, AMS, blank skip, and remote support, while adding a phosphorescent LCD panel that remained legible in low light. The metal body and flexible battery arrangement carries over from the non-radio version, preserving the same practical late-EX feel despite the added tuner hardware.

What makes the FX2 work well is that it does not feel like a separate tuner experiment, but like the natural radio version of an already coherent playback machine. Sony had become very good at building these parallel families by then, and the FX2 is a good example of that maturity. It is a product designed around the assumption that users wanted both tape and broadcast access without having to think much about the difference.