In the late 1970s, music was loud, shared, and rooted in place — until Sony’s Walkman turned it into something personal and ...

Kevin Courtney takes a walk down memory lane and arrives in the present day looking at a range of retro gadgets ...

If you peruse enthusiast forums like the r/cassetteculture subreddit, the general consensus is that a second-hand Sony Walkman from the 90s is one of your best bets if you’re looking for a quality, ...

In 1979, when Sony introduced the Walkman—a 14-ounce cassette player, blue and silver with buttons that made a satisfying chunk when pushed—even the engineers inside Sony weren’t impressed.

For the next three decades, the Japanese company emerged as a household name in consumer electronics, producing iconic devices from the Trinitron color TV in 1968 to the Walkman cassette player in ...

The TPS-L2, later called the Walkman TPS-L2, was the first-ever personal stereo cassette player that was available for purchase. It was first launched in Japan on July 1, 1979, and later in the United ...

FiiO's DM13 Follows Its CP13 Cassette Player The FiiO DM13 also offers a way to connect it to PCs, especially as modern CPUs and laptops no longer have disc ports, with its batteries bypassed and ...

New portable cassette players inspired by Sony’s 1980s Walkman have appeared from various companies, including upstart manufacturer We Are Rewind, audiophile fave FiiO, and numerous off-brands ...

It’s also worth giving another shout out to We Are Rewind, the French audio company that impressed with its debut player, the WE-001. On a model substantially larger than the CP13 – along the lines of ...

FiiO’s CP13 Brings a Transparent Cassette Player That is Reminiscent to Sony’s Walkman Take out your old cassettes and enjoy a blast from the past. By Isaiah Richard ...

How much? The original Sony Walkman TPS-L2 went on sale for 33,000 yen / $150 / £219 in 1979, or around $650 / £1,050 in today's money. A working model fetches around $500 / £500 today on eBay.