Record 004 · Electronics · 1979
50%79.04.E
Sony Walkman TPS-L2
Sony
“Music became private, portable, and attached to a body in motion.”
A stereo cassette player with headphones and no speaker. Created the personal soundtrack and the commuter/athlete audio culture the iPod later digitized.
Invented personal portable media as a lifestyle category.
~200 million cassette Walkmans by end of production
- Pocket stereo with headphones as the product
- Hotline sharing button on TPS-L2
The Sound of the World.
