These retro headphones and speaker designs really bring the ’80s cool – AIAIAI and design agency Brain Dead went old-school for this one
And that's no bad thing. While the Tracks headphones may look like the orange-felt horrors that came with early '80s Walkman ...
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The Walkman’s Invention 40 Years Ago Launched a Cultural Revolution
It wasn’t particularly innovative; cassette players already existed, and so did headphones. Plus, the Walkman could only play back—it couldn’t record. Who was going to want a device like that?