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The personal stereo is the term given to a portable audio player
Portable audio player

A portable audio player is a personal mobile device that allows the user to listen to recorded sound recording while mobile. Portable audio players became possible in the 1970s and continue to be developed today....
 using an audiocassette player
Cassette deck

A cassette deck is a type of tape recorder for playing or recording audio compact cassettes. A deck was formerly distinguished from a recorder as being part of a sound system, while a recorder had a self-contained power amplifier ....
. This allows the listening of music through headphones
Headphones

Headphones are a pair of small loudspeakers, or less commonly a single speaker, with a way of holding them close to a user's ears and a means of connecting them to a signal source such as an audio amplifier, radio or CD player....
 while a person is mobile. The first personal stereo was the Stereobelt
Stereobelt

The Stereobelt was the first portable personal stereo audio cassette player. It was invented in 1972 by the Germans-Brazilian people Andreas Pavel....
 invented and patent
Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention....
ed by Andreas Pavel
Andreas Pavel

Andreas Pavel is a German-Brazilian inventor who is the 'father' of the portable personal stereo compact audio cassette player, better known as the Walkman ....
 in 1977. Pavel attempted to commercialise this invention but failed to do so. The first commercial personal stereo was the Sony
Sony

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....
 Walkman
Walkman

Walkman is an audio cassette player used to market its portable Audio frequency and video players. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits, allowing people to carry their own choice of music with them....
 released in 1979, created by Akio Morita
Akio Morita

Akio Morita was a co-founder of Sony with his friend Masaru Ibuka ....
, Masaru Ibuka
Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics industrialist. He co-founded what is now Sony.He graduated in 1933 from Waseda University where he was nicknamed "genius inventor." After graduating, he went to work at Photo-Chemical Laboratory, a company which processed movie film....
 (the co-founders of Sony) and Kozo Ohsone
Kozo Ohsone

is the Japanese manager for Sony who was credited as one of the main developers of the Walkman. While general manager of the Tape Recorder Business Division he was asked to help develop a portable audio player....
.

The Walkman was a popular product and brand for Sony, making a lot of money for the company.






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The personal stereo is the term given to a portable audio player
Portable audio player

A portable audio player is a personal mobile device that allows the user to listen to recorded sound recording while mobile. Portable audio players became possible in the 1970s and continue to be developed today....
 using an audiocassette player
Cassette deck

A cassette deck is a type of tape recorder for playing or recording audio compact cassettes. A deck was formerly distinguished from a recorder as being part of a sound system, while a recorder had a self-contained power amplifier ....
. This allows the listening of music through headphones
Headphones

Headphones are a pair of small loudspeakers, or less commonly a single speaker, with a way of holding them close to a user's ears and a means of connecting them to a signal source such as an audio amplifier, radio or CD player....
 while a person is mobile. The first personal stereo was the Stereobelt
Stereobelt

The Stereobelt was the first portable personal stereo audio cassette player. It was invented in 1972 by the Germans-Brazilian people Andreas Pavel....
 invented and patent
Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention....
ed by Andreas Pavel
Andreas Pavel

Andreas Pavel is a German-Brazilian inventor who is the 'father' of the portable personal stereo compact audio cassette player, better known as the Walkman ....
 in 1977. Pavel attempted to commercialise this invention but failed to do so. The first commercial personal stereo was the Sony
Sony

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....
 Walkman
Walkman

Walkman is an audio cassette player used to market its portable Audio frequency and video players. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits, allowing people to carry their own choice of music with them....
 released in 1979, created by Akio Morita
Akio Morita

Akio Morita was a co-founder of Sony with his friend Masaru Ibuka ....
, Masaru Ibuka
Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics industrialist. He co-founded what is now Sony.He graduated in 1933 from Waseda University where he was nicknamed "genius inventor." After graduating, he went to work at Photo-Chemical Laboratory, a company which processed movie film....
 (the co-founders of Sony) and Kozo Ohsone
Kozo Ohsone

is the Japanese manager for Sony who was credited as one of the main developers of the Walkman. While general manager of the Tape Recorder Business Division he was asked to help develop a portable audio player....
.

The Walkman was a popular product and brand for Sony, making a lot of money for the company. The personal stereo concept was quickly cloned by other manufacturers and became the most widely used method of listening to music while travelling or exercising. This lasted, in more technological advanced countries, until the advent of other types of portable audio players such as the Minidisc
MiniDisc

A MiniDisc is a magneto-optical disc-based data storage device initially intended for storage of up to 80 minutes of digitized sound. Today, in the form of Hi-MD, it has developed into a general-purpose storage medium in addition to greatly expanding its audio roots....
 and MP3
MP3

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a digital audio Encoder format using a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, as well as a de facto standard encoding for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players....
 players. In some countries where more modern technology is not available or affordable, the audiocassette and personal stereo are still seen in everyday life.

Whilst the Walkman itself was a brand originally used for the Sony personal stereo players, it is now used by Sony itself for different forms of portable audio devices.

See also

  • Walkman
    Walkman

    Walkman is an audio cassette player used to market its portable Audio frequency and video players. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits, allowing people to carry their own choice of music with them....
  • Stereobelt
    Stereobelt

    The Stereobelt was the first portable personal stereo audio cassette player. It was invented in 1972 by the Germans-Brazilian people Andreas Pavel....
  • Andreas Pavel
    Andreas Pavel

    Andreas Pavel is a German-Brazilian inventor who is the 'father' of the portable personal stereo compact audio cassette player, better known as the Walkman ....
  • Portable audio player
    Portable audio player

    A portable audio player is a personal mobile device that allows the user to listen to recorded sound recording while mobile. Portable audio players became possible in the 1970s and continue to be developed today....


External links

  • — Reference site containing details and pictures of various Walkman models.