Sony TPS-L2 "Walkman" Cassette Player
Sony TPS-L2 "Walkman" Cassette Player
- Description
- This Sony "Walkman" portable tape player dates from the early 1980s. Originally introduced in 1979 as the “Soundabout,” two people could listen simultaneously while a small microphone permitted them to converse without removing their headsets. Powered by a 9-volt battery, the recorder sold well until the decline of the cassette format in the mid 2000s.
- Until the middle of the twentieth century portable recording equipment could be quite heavy. The introduction of small transistor radios in 1954 marked a new era in portable entertainment. Philips’ invention of a compact recording cassette in 1962 provided a convenient medium for music distribution.
- date made
- ca 1980
- maker
- Sony
- Physical Description
- plastic (parts material)
- metal (parts material)
- Measurements
- player: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm x 2.8575 cm
- ID Number
- 1987.0127.01
- accession number
- 1987.0127
- catalog number
- 1987.0127.01
- Credit Line
- from Sony Corporation of America
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- Music & Musical Instruments
- Communications
- Popular Entertainment
- American Enterprise
- American Stories exhibit
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
