This paper only commemorates the lost youth with the lost walkman.

July 1979: Sony TPS-L2 is officially launched. 390 grams! Original headset MDR-3L2. At the same time, the WALKMAN concept was introduced!

1980: Aihua TP-S30

1981may: Sony introduced the original headphones MDR-4L2 of WM-2 and TPS-L2 with an output power of 20mW+20mW. The service life of type A battery is nearly 60 hours.

198 1 year: aihua single machine HS-P 1, which is also the 30th anniversary product of aihua.

1982 65438+1October: Sony WM-F2 looks like an extended version of WM-2.

65438+February 0982: Sony Recorder WM-R2.

1982 February: Sony WM-D6. This is a legendary walkman. As Sony's first professional walkman, the first Dolby Noise Reduction -B walkman and the first walkman with 0.04%WRMS accuracy, the ex-factory price is as high as 60,000 yen! ! ! !

19821October: Sony WM-7, the first walkman with automatic rewind and touch keys. The tape transport rate of Sony WM-DD is 0.08%. Aihua launches HS-M2

1Feb. 983: Sony introduced the sports model WM-F5, which looks like an improved waterproof version of WM-F2.

1March, 983: Sony telescopic model WM-20. WM-F20 is the previous radio model. Aiwa launches HS-P5. , a generation of wonderful resolution, dream models.

1984 65438+ 10 month: Sony WM-F 15, and also released the version WM-F65.

1984 February: Sony WM-D6 improved WM-D6C went on the market, with the current price of 64,000 yen! ! ! ! ! Walkman WM-DC2 of Dolby -C and its simplified version WM-DD2 are introduced for the first time.

June 1984: Sony WM-30 goes on the market, and WM-F30 with TV sound /FM/AM goes on the market. Sony WM-R 15 went on sale, and the radio version WM-F85 went on sale in February 1985. At the same time, Sony Walkman sold100000 units! ! !

19841October: Sony WM-40, the only automatic rewind model in the telescopic series.

1March 985: Sony WM-55

1May, 985: Sony WM-F55

1985 65438+1October: Sony WM-1kloc-0/and WM-f10/(radio version), the first machines using chewing gum batteries! Sony WM-50. Aiwa introduced HS-R8, the first walkman with wire control (wire control and headphones are used separately).

April 1986: Sony launches neurotic model WM-F 107, solar energy! ! ! ! ! ! On sunny days, it can be fully charged after 4 hours of sunshine.

June 1986: Sony WM-1kloc-0/recorded version WM-R202 went on sale. During the same period, the Walkman sold 20 million sets.

The word "WALKMAN" is included in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1986 September: I was born! ! !

19861October: Sony WM-202 radio version WM-F202 went on sale. Sony introduced an improved version of WM-10/WM-102/WM-104.

1986165438+1October: Sony introduced the female WM- 109, which is also the first walkman with remote control. Aiwa introduced the first HS-UV9 with VHF/UHF radio function. The HS-P9 launched by Aihua has elegant treble and excellent sound quality.

1987 February: Sony introduced WM-5 1, which is called Walkman together with the following series of so-called built-in headphones.

1March, 987: Sony released WM-F 109 (radio version 109).

1May, 987: Sony introduced WM-F203 (an extended retracted version of102).

1July, 987: WALKMAN sold 30 million units.

1987 65438+1October: Sony launched WM-F5 1 (TV sound /FM/AM version 5 1).

1987165438+1October: Sony released WM-F502 (TV sound version 50 1). Aiwa introduced HS-J 10 and TP- 10 with good long-distance recording effect. Aiwa launched Walkman HS-px 10, the first DSL sound effect.

1March 1998: Sony introduced WM-52 (an improved version of 51).

1March, 988: Sony introduced the pioneering work WM-505 of wireless headset, which is actually an improved version of 50 1 using wireless headset. Because the signal is transmitted wirelessly, its sound quality is not good.

June 1986: Sony launches WM-F52.

June 65438+July 0988: Sony introduced the WM-550C with Dolby B/C, the radio version WM-F550C, and the Dolby B scaled-down version WM- 150 of its WM-550C. In the same period, WALKMAN sold 40 million units.

1988165438+1October: Sony launched WM-70 1C with DBB and Dolby B/C, and a month later, it launched the radio version WM-F701C. 7 is a complete wire control system with sound.

The output of 10 anniversary edition is only 200 sets, which is the best collection! ! ! ! !

1June 1989, the sales volume of WALKMAN reached 50 million units. The first IC is listed on Aiwa HS-R 10.

Aiwa introduced HS-PL50 with DBB sound effect. Sony introduced the legendary single player WM-DD9, which is considered as the first choice for high performance, high sound quality and high quality. Equipped with improved DBB-EX DBB, the original earphone is Sony 5 Series flagship model MDR-E575. Then the simplified version WM-DX 100 is introduced.

1990: Sony launches WM-EX80, the pioneering work of EX series. It is the first time to use LCD wire control on tape walkman, and AB automatically turns over. EX doesn't mean to play alone, it is the abbreviation of EXTRA (special, extraordinary) root. Since then, foreign exchange has been used for collection and publication, and GX has been used for collection and publication.

1July, 990: Sony launches WM-805. This is the first wireless walkman with LCD remote control.

1990165438+1October: Sony launches EM-EX90. Long monster! ! !

Aihua launched the anniversary edition of HS-EX50 10, with a limited edition of 5,000 sets worldwide! This machine is so beautiful! ! ! )

199 1 year: aihua introduced HS-EX3000 and HS-PX 1000 (both classics).

1 992: cumulative global sales of walkman1100 million units!

1992165438+1October: Sony launches WM-EX909. It is the first walkman to use the blank automatic skip function.

Aiwa shifted its focus to DAT and MD, and introduced HS-JX929 and HS-JX729 that year.

1Feb. 993: Sony launched WM-EX808, and launched ALVS for the first time. The fuselage thickness is 20.3mm, so-called "thin husband".

Later, it introduced its stainless steel version WM-EX808HG.

1993165438+1October: Sony launches WM-EX909.

June 65438+July 0994: Sony released its15th anniversary edition WM-EX 1, which opened the door with a compartment at the top, creating the largest-selling walkman in history. The following year, it introduced the improved WM-EX2/WM-EX3.

1995165438+1October: Sony's second commemorative model WM-fx2 (16th anniversary) has excellent radio reception effect! Cumulative sales1.500 million units!

1996165438+1October: Sony launches the perfect artwork WM-EX5. I have nothing to say about this machine! How beautiful!

1Feb. 997: Sony introduced WM-FX5 which is similar in appearance and function to WN-EX5.

1997165438+1October: Sony launches WM-EX7. The building has returned to the old road where the side door is opened, with solid workmanship and electricity saving! It's an absolutely correct classic!

19981October: Sony launches the endurance master WM-EX9. It is said that the time is 100H, and a cheap version of WM-EX900 will be released one year later.

The time was shortened to 78 hours. The long-time playback of EX9 is at the expense of sound quality!

1March, 999: cumulative sales of 65438+86 million units.

1July, 999: Sony launched the 20th anniversary edition EM-WE0 1.

1September, 999: Sony introduced WM-EK3 and WM-FK5.

19991October: Sony launches the final classic! WM-EX20, thickness 16.9 mm (thinnest), playing time 100H, and poor sound quality! At the same time, WM-EX600, WM-EX900 and WM-GX323 are introduced.

September 2000: Sony introduced WM-GX200.

June 2000 5438+ 10: Sony introduced WM-EX2000, WM-EX6 10, WM-EX6 15, WM-EX9 10!

The history of Sony walkman cassette player (tape drive)! This is the only souvenir card with a tape recorder!

Recently, Sony announced that it would stop producing and selling tape walkman in Japan. This morning, the reporter learned from major home appliance stores and Sony, Panasonic and other companies that the production and sales of tape walkman in China have long stopped.

This morning, Lu Yabin, deputy secretary-general of China Video Industry Association, said that there is still a market for tape walkman in the field of education, but it is basically extinct among young consumers.

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Tape walkman stores are extinct.

Miss Bai, who lives in Wangjing these two days, asked around where there was a walkman selling genuine tapes. After hearing that Sony stopped selling in Japan, she found that "Walkman has disappeared from my life for many years" and wanted to buy one as a souvenir.

But she ran to several large shopping malls, only to find that there was nothing to sell at all.

This morning, the reporter visited several branches in Suning, Gome and Dazhong stores. The salesman said that the tape walkman was out of stock.

"Not a few years ago." At Dazhong Electric Wangjing Store, the salesperson pointed to the repeater in the counter and said, "This is the only thing that can listen to tapes now.".

In Zhongguancun, where electronic products are the most complete, the reporter even asked more than a dozen merchants, and they all said that "it has long been gone".

Mr. Li, a clerk at a Sony store in Zhongguancun, said that the last time he sold a tape walkman was two years ago. At that time, few people used it, and I couldn't sell one in a month.

"At that time, an MP3 player of 1G was only available in 300 yuan, but the original Sony Walkman was the cheapest for four or five hundred yuan. Who will buy it? " He said. The reporter found more than a dozen posts on the Internet selling second-hand Sony tape walkman at low prices. After clicking, all pages show that it no longer exists or has been sold.

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Online transactions have increased, and most of them are suspected of piracy.

After the news of Sony's suspension of sales was released, the tape walkman transaction on e-commerce websites began to be hot.

In Taobao, using "Sony Walkman" as a keyword search, you can find nearly 300 sellers, and the prices mostly range from tens to hundreds of yuan.

The reporter saw in a "digital flagship store" in Taobao that the original Sony WM-FX290 tape walkman sold in 48 yuan has been sold for 36 times, 8 times in the last three days.

Among these buyers, only one buyer said that the walkman was used to listen to English for his son who was at school. Other buyers said that they haven't used the tape walkman for many years. When they heard the news that Sony stopped selling, they quickly went online to buy a collection.

Xiao Wang, a buyer in Beijing, said that the walkman at home won't take long. Yesterday, he arranged three boxes of tapes at home and bought one online, which was very "nostalgic".

A seller said that his main theme was nostalgia. As for the purchase channel, he did not disclose it.

Although the sellers of these Sony Walkmans say that they are genuine, the staff of Zhongguancun Sony specialty store said that the genuine Sony Walkman can't be only a few tens of yuan, "even the shell can't be bought".

There are domestic products in the small commodity market.

Not only Sony, but also China's Matsushita and Philips, two other tape walkman sales giants, said they would no longer produce and sell tape walkmen. Philips customer service representatives said that only the most classic large tape radios are still being produced and sold.

During the interview, the reporter found that the Jinye brand walkman produced by Guangdong Dongguan Jinye Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is the only tape walkman that can still be bought in Beijing.

Because we can't get into large appliance stores, this tape walkman is only available in some small commodity wholesale markets, and the price in 50 yuan is about-100 yuan. The manufacturer said that the aircraft is still in production, but declined to give other details.

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The tape factory only produces books.

The tape walkman gradually withdrew from the historical stage. Who else is using the tape? Recently, the reporter's investigation found that most of the orders of tape manufacturers come from schools, teaching and research institutes and publishing houses.

An audio-visual company in an office building near Shuangjingqiao specializes in tapes, CDs and videos.

Mr. Long, the sales manager of the company, said that the current order customers of tapes are booksellers in the publishing industry or teachers in teaching and research institutes and schools.

"This era is also a tape for people who teach and learn." Mr. Long said that four years ago, the tape business accounted for 1/2, but now it only accounts for about 1/5 of the company's total business, with an annual output of about 1 10,000 cases.

Jie Zheng, the sales manager of another tape factory near the airport, said that although the output has dropped by about 3/4, there is demand in the market. Schools, publishing houses and scientific research institutions can only order tapes from tape manufacturers, and the profit of tapes is actually very high, which is why some manufacturers continue to produce tapes.

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Sony Corporation: Users in China can still repair it.

This morning, the reporter called Sony China Customer Service Center, and the staff said that Sony had stopped the production and sales of tape drives in China, but it was not officially announced.

For the maintenance of the sold tape walkman, they said that users who are still using the tape walkman can contact three Sony maintenance points in Haidian, Dongcheng and Fengtai for paid maintenance. However, the master of Dongcheng maintenance station said that most of the parts have been discontinued and can only be repaired with newer ones, and some older ones can no longer be repaired.

Industry expert:/kloc-0 will disappear completely after 0/0 years.

This morning, Lu Yabin, Deputy Secretary-General of China Video Industry Association, said that although there are few tape walkmen, there is still a certain market. For example, in the field of education, some tape walkmen are also welcomed by middle-aged and elderly people and basically extinct among young consumers.

He said that the disappearance of the tape walkman is an irreversible trend and is expected to disappear completely in the next 10 year.

Hu Chunmin, editor-in-chief of China Electronic News, said that the future of CD players that everyone cares about should not be withdrawn from the market for at least ten years, especially with the popularity of private cars, car-mounted CDs will bring new markets to CD players.

Weibo's "Memory"

Chen Popular Ming: It accompanied me to listen to Little Tiger, Carpenter and other golden songs, clayderman, classical music, practice English listening, record spoken English, listen to the game broadcast, and have a good trip. ...

Just like Brahman, he lamented the rapid development of science and technology, and even lamented that the time between "being sought after" and "being missed" was getting shorter and shorter.

Tony Feng: In retrospect, in the 1980s, owning a cassette player was like owning an iPod/iPhone now.

Chewing on bones: msn space and Walkman, which were very important when I was a child, have left us. Only those in my heart can be kept forever. The rest are just clouds.

Hu Kewei _ Michael: I remember that in the fourth grade, in order to buy this thing, I deliberately broke the repeater. But people are not as good as heaven ... it didn't take long to buy this thing to become popular with CD walkman.

1966

Philips released the first recording tape.

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1979

Sony Corporation of Japan developed the world's first Walkman portable tape player, which marked the birth of the concept of portable music, and the word Walkman became synonymous with portable music players.

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1984

Sony introduced ——Discman(CD player), the leader of walkman, which opened the era of digital audio.

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1998

South Korea's Han Shi Company launched the world's first MP3 Walkman, which became popular all over the world in just a few years, and MP3 became the preferred audio format for computers.