'Walkman' personal cassette player and headphones

Made:
1995 in Malaysia
maker:
Sony
'Walkman' personal cassette player and headphones 'Walkman' personal cassette player and headphones

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'Walkman' personal cassette player made by the Sony Corporation, Malaysia, 1995, serial number 2804451, with a pair of Sony headphones.

As technology shrank and became cheaper more people bought small, personal media players that they could carry around with them. For the first time, we could walk down the street listening to whatever music we wanted, wherever we were. The Sony Walkman players were so popular that ‘Walkman’ became the unofficial term for all personal cassette players.

Details

Category:
Sound Reproduction
Object Number:
Y2007.104
Materials:
metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
cassette player: 30 mm x 90 mm x 125 mm, 0.2 kg
headphones: 40 mm x 155 mm x 130 mm,
cassette player and headphones: 218 g
type:
cassette player

Parts

'Walkman' personal cassette player made by the Sony Corporation

'Walkman' personal cassette player made by the Sony Corporation, Malaysia, 1995, serial number 2804451.

More

As technology shrank and became cheaper more people bought small, personal media players that they could carry around with them. For the first time, we could walk down the street listening to whatever music we wanted, wherever we were. The Sony Walkman players were so popular that ‘Walkman’ became the unofficial term for all personal cassette players.

Measurements:
overall: 30 mm x 90 mm x 125 mm, .2 kg
Materials:
metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
Y2007.104/1
type:
cassette player
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Headphones for 'Walkman' personal cassette player

Headphones for 'Walkman' personal cassette player

Headphones for 'Walkman' personal cassette player made by the Sony Corporation, Malaysia, 1995.

More

As technology shrank and became cheaper more people bought small, personal media players that they could carry around with them. For the first time, we could walk down the street listening to whatever music we wanted, wherever we were. The Sony Walkman players were so popular that ‘Walkman’ became the unofficial term for all personal cassette players.

Measurements:
overall: 40 mm x 155 mm x 130 mm,
Materials:
metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
Y2007.104/2
type:
headphones
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum