When it comes to tape walkman, many people may have feelings for it. In today's era of digital music players such as mp3, an old ordinary tape walkman may evoke some good memories for readers. Speaking of the history of tape walkman, it is actually a long time. It has been more than 2 years since sony officially launched its first "Walkman"-TPS-L2 on July 1, 1979. The advantages of tape walkman are easy to carry, small in size and light in weight, and it will not affect others when listening to music. Since its launch, it has been deeply loved by people from all walks of life, especially young people. Once upon a time, WALKMAN was synonymous with fashion.

Since its birth, the tape walkman has made great progress. No matter the function, sound quality, appearance design, volume and weight have been greatly improved. With the emergence of new batteries and the optimization of power consumption, the continuous playing time of WALKMAN has been continuously increased, from the initial poor hours to nearly 1 hours. Although the tape WALKMAN has been impacted by CD, MD, MP3 and other music players, I believe that in the hearts of many consumers, the Walkman tape walkman is still the most memorable classic.

now, let's follow the footsteps of WALKMAN for more than 2 years and briefly review its development process through several historic products.

TPS- L2, as the first WALKMAN, no matter its performance or appearance, its historical significance is unmatched by "people". At that time, it took a lot of trouble to name this product. At first, SONY wanted to name it Stereo Walky, but Toshiba had already registered the trademark for its portable radio first. In desperation, Akio Morita, then chairman of Sony, immediately thought of WALKMAN. Finally, on July 1st, 1979, the world's first WALKMAN TPS- L2 was born, with the size of 88 * 133.5 * 29mm and the longest playing time of 8 hours. As you can see in the following pictures, the level of shape design at that time was not comparable to that of today, but its appearance opened up a new era, as can be seen from its popularity. It is said that the sales volume of TPS- L2 reached an astonishing 1.16 million units in the first two years. WALKMAN suddenly became a new trend.