personal cassette player in 1979, designed specifically as a headphone-only ultra-compact wearable music source. Although the vast majority of such players eventually sold were not Sony products, the name Walkman has become synonymous with this type of device.

Cassette decks were eventually manufactured by most of the well-known brands in home audio, and many in professional audio.

Performance improvements and additional features

Cassette decks reached their pinnacle of performance

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