Launched in 1984, the Sony Walkman D-50 was the company’s first portable CD ... blue, and gray. Additionally, Sony launched a limited edition “Sunburst” model, which featured a metallic gold hue. In ...

Because the Walkman brand had become so associated with tapes, Sony used the term Discman for most of its portable CD players. Meanwhile, Sony continued manufacturing Walkmans, at a reduced ...

On July 1, 1979, Sony Corp. introduced the Sony Walkman TPS-L2, a 14 ounce, blue-and-silver ... it introduced the D-50 portable CD player a year after the first compact discs were sold, and ...

In early 1979, Sony ... portable music players of the day, just as Kleenex brand came to define boxes of tissues. Through the years, Sony brought out numerous variations of the Walkman ...

So much so that back in the day, portable cassette players were ... The NW-A306 Sony Walkman features the same high-end S-Master HX digital amp and the ability to make CD-quality (16-bit 44.1 ...

A Walkman? In this day and age? Well, yes. Sony ... players-- plus, the sales of the humble CD are again on the uptick. Meanwhile, the Walkman is still produced today, bringing "personal audio ...