WM-GX50

The WM-GX50 is a stereo-recording Walkman that paired cassette recording and playback with AM/FM radio in a more serious way than the simpler utility models in Sony's GX branch. It includes an EX recording head, Dolby B noise reduction, Mega Bass, auto-reverse playback, ISS switching for cleaner radio recordings, and support for an external stereo microphone with sit, all inside a compact metal-and-plastic body with manual tuning. It was clearly built to do more than just replay tapes.

This model is a useful reminder that cassette was still an active medium in 1992. The GX50 was not built around passive listening alone, but around capturing, replaying, and reusing sound in a portable format. It sits in the part of the Walkman story that stayed functional and slightly tool-like even as other branches became more polished and consumer-friendly.