The Walkman Has Become Audio’s Golden Boy
Business Wars Daily
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4.6 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today is Thursday, March 17, and we're looking at Sony vs. Astell&Kern.
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| 1:06.6 | Happy St. Patty's Day to those who celebrate. |
| 1:09.1 | If that's you and you plan on taking your Irish music to go today, |
| 1:14.7 | you'll probably reach for a portable media player. For years, when you thought of a pocket-sized music player, |
| 1:20.4 | you'd probably go to the iPod, right? Well, the iPod may have revolutionized the MP3 player game, |
| 1:27.1 | but long before it hit shelves in 2001. |
| 1:30.0 | Another product was the music must have of the minute. |
| 1:33.3 | The Sony Walkman is a tiny stereo cassette player with truly incredible sound. |
| 1:42.7 | Ah, yes, the Walkman. If you came of age in the 80s or 90s, you know how |
| 1:48.0 | coveted they were. First, the portable tape player and then later the CD player that you could take |
| 1:52.9 | with you anywhere. Back in the day, you could snag one for a couple of hundred bucks. A cheaper model |
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