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Walkman
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Walkman

A brand of portable audio players and recorders from Sony. In 1979, Sony introduced the first Walkman, an audio cassette device that created a revolution. The tape-based Walkman was the progenitor of the portable CD player and the MP3 player. See audio cassette and Stereobelt.


Walkman
™ a small portable cassette player with light headphones


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But the two-headset solution, also in use on early Sony Walkmans, wasn't destined for success.
We've come a long way since Dictaphones, those clunky recorders that resembled Sony Walkmans.
When the guys (Luca and Moses) danced on the platforms they could look across the stairwell at one another; the music they heard on their yellow Walkmans couldn't be heard by anyone but themselves, but anyone could see they were hearing something.
 
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