At the apex of the Walkman craze, 1987 to ’97, the number of people who reported that they walked for exercise rose by 30 percent. ioulex In 1979, when Sony introduced the Walkman—a 14-ounce cassette ...

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Back in 1979, Sony cofounder Masaru Ibuka was looking for a way to listen to classical music on long-haul flights. In response, his company’s engineers dreamed up the Walkman, ordering 30,000 units ...

The last time Sony was worth this much on the stock market, Bill Clinton was president and the PlayStation 2 was about to debut on American store shelves. It’s been a rough past two and a half decades ...

The Sony Walkman was not only a revolutionary device, it was revolutionary on a cultural scale. Until the 1970s, listening to music was considered to be a social activity. Handheld transistor radios ...

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There are currently no ways to turn back time, but FiiO has since brought back renowned experiences of the past with its lineup of new retro technologies, now debuting the DM13, a modern CD player.

For many, nothing can beat the good ol' days and the experiences they bring, but modern technology allowed users to modernize these but still capture the retro vibes, including FiiO's CP13. Now, the ...

Here's something we didn't think we would see launched at CES 2024: a cassette player. FiiO, a brand we normally associate with cutting-edge DACs and desktop streamers (such as the new R9), has gone ...

The Sony Walkman is still very much around. Not in the same way as you probably used many years ago. It is neither a cassette player, nor does it need CDs. The Walkman NW-A306, as it goes, is the ...

George Michael listening to a Walkman during the Japanese leg of his Faith World Tour in February 1988. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) First it was vinyl, and now it’s cassettes that all the ...