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Detailed explanation-1: -The first model of Sony Walkman, the TPS-L2, was released in 1979, and it proved to be a huge hit. The original Walkman was created from aluminium, and the later models were made from plastic. Amazingly, the Walkman wasn’t much bigger than the cassette tape itself! And it wasn’t just the player that was tiny.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first truly personal cassette player, the Sony Walkman, was introduced in 1979 and sold very well. It was much smaller than an 8-track player or the earlier cassette recorders, and was listened to with stereophonic headphones, unlike previous equipment which used small loudspeakers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Walkman, stylised as WALKMAN (), is a brand of portable audio players manufactured and marketed by Japanese technology company Sony since 1979. The original Walkman was a portable cassette player and its popularity made “walkman” an unofficial term for personal stereos of any producer or brand.

Detailed explanation-4: -A prototype was quickly made for him, and the Walkman was born. It had different names in different global markets, including the “Soundabout” and the “Freestyle”, but by the early 1980s only the name Walkman remained. Released in 1979, the Walkman was not much bigger than a cassette tape.

Detailed explanation-5: -The world’s first portable CD player. After the release of the world’s first compact disc player, the CDP-101, in 1982, the theme for engineers was to develop a “smaller CD player” that would make it easier for anyone to enjoy digital sound.