music from a fixed location in your home to mobile. you are witnessing the ultimate miniaturization of the cassette player. nenever has so much genius been coaxed into so little space. in all the great bursts of innovation, there is always some kind of scientific breakthrough that has to happen first. and none of this stuff could have happened in the 1980s without the transistor being invented in the late 1940s. and japan and sony in particular really understood this technology could make things smaller, more affordable, more versatile. sony was the brand name that really mattered in the 1980s in technology. i ll take the sony! the original sony walkman was so solid, it was a pleasure to hold. it had density, it had heft. the cassette, pop it in, close it. a very satisfying sound. not just a click, click. it was a kathunk! it was a gorgeous, gorgeous machine. it provided you with the soundtrack to your life.
a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch, and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. hello? i m not here now, but my faithful machine is. there was a handful of technology at that time. one was the telephone answering machine. you d be driving home and you d say, i can t wait to check my messages. you know, it had become part of the day. honey, i m checking my messages. from the noisy streets of new york to the laid-back tranquility of california, americans are tuning out and tuning in. when i think of technology in the 1980s, i think of the walkman. the walkman was huge. it s the latest fad. tiny stereo cassette players with featherweight headphones. it s like carrying your stereo with you, you know, on your head. the walkman took listening to
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