This one brought the portable cassette player market to a new level. View close-up pictures of top, and side.ġ981. Again, this model sold remarkably well, and the 80s began with every person below 20 wanting a personal, portable stereo. This model included a strap as well as a belt clip on the back (assumedly to market to both sexes), dual headphone jacks, LED battery indicator and recessed volume knob. Not quite as neat as the original, but still a nice model. Sony used it for their AM-FM/portable cassette recorder a year or so later.ġ981. The Soundabout name was not forgotten, however. Also shown is an ad from a 1981 catalog for the TPS-L2–notice there is no mention of the word “walkman!” Interstingly enough, the Walkman is a term that almost never was–Sony originally marketed this unit in the US as the Soundabout, wound up using the name already popularized in Japan. This was a common feature during this era. The TPS-L2 featured a “Hot Line” button–the user presses a button to turn off the music and turn on a microphone to drive amplified ambient noise (like someone talking) through the headphones. A second version sported the oh-so-familiar “walkman” logo in silver. A pleather pouch allowed the user to move about in freedom and wear the stereo on the hip. The original version featured a well-crafted cassette player in a blue and silver chassis. It was a gradual hit in Japan in 1979, and released in the US a year later. Sony’s first portable stereo cassette player.
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