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3. The original Sony Walkman

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3. The original Sony Walkman

Portable music players are so cheap and ubiquitous today that it's hard to remember when they were luxury items, widely coveted and often stolen. But when the blue and silver Walkman debuted in 1979, no one had ever seen anything quite like it. The first Walkman featured a cassette player and the world's first lightweight headphones.

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