This solid-looking update of the classic Walkman form factor doesn’t quite match up to the technical wonders of the earlier era, when players could be literally the same size as a cassette case ...

Back in 1979, Sony cofounder Masaru Ibuka was looking for a way to listen to classical music on long-haul flights. In ...

Sales in both the U.S. and U.K. have hit new highs, with apocalypse series The Last of Us the most recent to bring retro chic to the cassette. This week, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI ...

The original cassette player was a revolution and its Discman ... while the external speakers are also nestled on the rear. A new addition to the Walkman range is the 'W' button on the side ...

Companies like We Are Rewind, Fiio, and others offer updated designs for new cassette ... Rewind’s Bluetooth cassette player are roughly the same as Sony’s first-ever Walkman from 1979 ...

In 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman, a small, lightweight and belt-worn audio cassette player that let a person comfortably listen to music via headphones while walking or running. The progenitor ...

spanning from a 1980s-infused portable record player to earbuds promising lossless audio over Bluetooth, and a new Walkman – the greatest name mobile music has ever known. Sony has doggedly stuck to ...

For its part, Sony has brought out new versions of its famous Walkman, even though it's now a digital audio file player, and you can't insert a single audio cassette. Now, a classic from the end ...