
The article has some advanced viewpoints for a 14 year old. Here are some of the highlights:
--When I wore it walking down the street or going into shops, I got strange looks, a mixture of surprise and curiosity, that made me a little embarrassed.
--It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.
--I managed to create an impromptu shuffle feature simply by holding down "rewind" and releasing it randomly - effective, if a little laboured.
--When playing, it is clearly evident that the music sounds significantly different than when played on an MP3 player, mainly because of the hissy backtrack and odd warbly noises on the Walkman.
I didn't read the article. But one can also argue that both of them at there time where only made by one company but yet completely changed music. With the ipod the entire music on line where you only have to pay for one song and the ear bud thing is obvious. But I'm guessing for the walkman since you could carry tapes and go on the go that gave them a huge boost over records. I'm sure the small size and portable idea had some impact on CD's. After all what is a CD. It is a small record and has cuts like a record but it is stored and read digitally.
i had a walkman, and i loved it! one of the sony ones with the yellow case, the sport version i thought i was the coolest.
Haha... I loved that article. It took me a number of hours to figure out my mp3 player (not an ipod). I still remember my Sony walkman incredibly well though. It had wonderful sound. :)