4 80s Headphones We Miss
Sep08

4 80s Headphones We Miss

When it comes to headphones we can now easily access smaller buds and in some cases wireless ones as well, take Apple’s new wireless headphones for their iPhone for example. However we would like to relive 4 80s Headphones We Miss. The four headphones in the slideshow below were game-changers all on their own. However, when it came to sound quality they really showed a lot of growth from the ones that predated them. The Walkman...

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Let’s All Chuckle At The Technology Of The 1980s
Mar02

Let’s All Chuckle At The Technology Of The 1980s

The Walkman was a big deal. In 1986, on the first day back from Christmas vacation, it felt like EVERYONE on the school bus had a new Walkmen on their lap. The bus was quiet except for the muffled sounds of ‘Invisible Touch’ and Debbie Gibson’s ‘Lost In Your Eyes’ punching young eardrums. We’ve really come a long way. Now it’s absolutely possible to have every single song in the world right at...

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Remembering the Sony Walkman
Sep19

Remembering the Sony Walkman

By Thomas Zizzo I still remember that birthday in the summer of 1982, getting this new device that was all the rage at the time, and how excited my parents were to give it to me. It was a portable stereo cassette player—the infamous Sony Walkman. My Dad was very excited and impressed about the fact that it was stereo sound, and that no one else could hear it thanks to the headphones. I remember too that my parents almost didn’t buy me...

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