In today’s world, smartphones are the go-to devices for remote music listening. But decades ago, the iconic Sony Walkman was the preferred choice for listening through headphones to music on walks, ...

Attention, the 160 million or so owners of an Apple iPod MP3 player: take out those white earbuds and listen for a second. Before the iPod became ubiquitous — way, way before — there was the Walkman.

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 ...

It's been over 20 years since Sony released a cassette player, and cassette sales are so minuscule they barely show up on ...

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Vinyl is experiencing a huge resurgence — we all know this. But a rising tide lifts all ships and it has actually spawned renewed interest in other old-school audio formats as well, including CDs and, ...

Good ideas rarely go out of fashion… except for those boombox cassette players that we used to carry around in the 1980s. They disappeared along with leg warmers and shoulder pads and were eclipsed by ...