Personal audio might feel like an absolute given in the modern world, whether you're streaming music from your phone to a swanky pair of AirPods Pro, or you still use an iPod Touch or any other standalone player.Â
It's easy to forget, though, that for a couple of decades personal audio felt like one of the newest frontiers in tech, where innovation was constant and competition was fierce. As consumers moved from tapes to CDs, with stop-offs for minidiscs before getting through to MP3s, devices were constantly updating and reinventing themselves.
And there's no more iconic brand in personal audio than Sony's Walkman line. It's one of the longest-running audio brands going, but in the 80s and 90s produced a string of devices that feel iconic, looking back with the benefit of hindsight.
We've poked into Sony's archives to take a look at some of the most influential and beautiful devices out of Walkmans long since disappeared.Â
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