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I have had experience with both the Dive-Rite walkman and a walkman I have in
an Ikelite housing (#4810).  Both have worked well.  

The Dive-Rite unit has the benefit of an external volume control. 
Unfortunately it is not an auto-reverse machine and I find this to be an
important feature for longer play times.  Its small "bonephone" speaker is
okay but somewhat uncomfortable to wear.

The unit I housed is auto-reverse and there is ample room for additional
batteries.  No external volume control but I find I want the machine at full
volume anyway.  The housing is fitted with a March/Marine female connector
that I plug into my Heliox-18 band mask.  The sound is great even when I'm
wearing the dry "turbo" hood of a Viking suit.  When not using a band mask, I
have taken one of the speakers (DSI #515-005)from the mask and hooked it
directly to a March/Marine male connector (DSI #505-047).  I velcro this to
the outside of the wet "nautica" hood of a Viking suit and the sound is quite
acceptable.  At least as good as the "bonephone".  The speaker is *not*
waterproof but doesn't need to be.  Although it does need to be rinsed with
fresh H2O and dried after the dive.

Music and audio books have been a *very* welcome addition to long hours of
welding and deco stops.

I'd be extremely surprised if you can snake a speaker wire up the neck seal of
a dry suit without causing a pretty good leak.  

Cheers-
Rob Robbins
Dive Supervisor
Antarctic Support Associates

Ed asked:
>Tired of those long deco stops?...  Can't stand those National
>Geographic magazines?...  I want to take my CD player down with
>me.

>Has anyone had any experience with that?  I want to be able to
>stop/play/skip,repeat tracks, so the CD has to be inside the
>drysuit.  There are 2 problems.

 >  a) the wire from the drysuit to the headphones
 >  b) the headphones themselves

>My neck seal is pretty tight, so I might just run the wire
>along it.  If that doesn't work, we can always use a pair of
>scisors and aqualseal.

>Problem is b).  Are there any small headphones we can use for
>diving?  At 44-39F I have to wear a hood.

>What about dry hoods?  Anyone recomends any model/brand?  Has
>to be really dry!

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