These new wireless headphones from We Are Rewind may have been inspired by the original Sony Walkman headphones, but they ...

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I spent years listening to music on my AirPods...until hearing loss forced me to seek alternative options.

When I recently showed a cassette tape to my 11-year-old daughter, she looked genuinely baffled. ‘What is it?’ she asked. My first thought was that I’d failed as a parent, but then I realised there’s ...

As the Journal wrote, the debut on July 1, 1979, of the Walkman led to the demise of the ubiquitous, noisy boom box and changed forever how we listened to music. “To street people, it’s a ‘box’,” ...

Gen X drives the vintage tech revival with CD players, Walkmans, and retro cameras—because streaming feels like shouting into a void. Discover why owning physical media is making a serious comeback.

Portable CD players are back, but with better sound, Bluetooth, and DACs. FiiO and Shanling are leading the charge in 2025’s retro revival. Staring out over the balcony at the Adriatic, feeling every ...

At the apex of the Walkman craze, 1987 to ’97, the number of people who reported that they walked for exercise rose by 30 percent. ioulex In 1979, when Sony introduced the Walkman—a 14-ounce cassette ...

If you miss your old Discman, the FiiO DM13 is a pricey but accomplished way to get back into CD listening, with the added modern bonuses of a Bluetooth connection and rechargable battery. Music ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jack White doesn’t love his music being described as ‘retro’. “Anything that starts with ‘re’ – ...

Back in 1979, Sony cofounder Masaru Ibuka was looking for a way to listen to classical music on long-haul flights. In response, his company’s engineers dreamed up the Walkman, ordering 30,000 units ...