WM-GX711

The WM-GX711 is a full-features radio-recording Walkman from 1995 that sat near the top of Sony's GX branch, combining cassette playback and recording with a world-tuner digital FM/AM/TV receiver, Dolby B noise reduction, auto-reverse, Extended Dynamic Bass Boost, AVLS, blank skip, AMS, and a backlit LCD interface. An external stereo microphone was includes for higher-quality voice capture, while the side-mounted input layout and flexible battery arrangement reinforced its role as a serious portable recorder instead of just a music player with a record button added.

This is one of those late-era GX models where Sony was clearly trying to preserve the idea of the Walkman as an active media tool. The GX711 was built for users who still wanted to capture sound, radio, and speech in one compact object without stepping up to a separate field recorder. It is a mature all-in-one machine from the point when cassette was no longer simply about playback.