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The first boombox was developed by the inventor of the audio compact cassette, Philips of the Netherlands.Their first 'Radiorecorder' was released in 1966. The Philips innovation was the first time that radio broadcasts could be recorded onto cassette tapes without the cables or microphones that previous stand-alone cassette tape recorders required.
The Sony TC-50 was a compact cassette recorder and portable audio player designed and marketed by Sony. It was conceived for the purpose of dictation but gained popularity with the general public after its use during the Apollo program lunar missions. It was released commercially in 1968.
Aiwa marketed Japan's first boombox, the TPR-101, in 1968, as well as the first cassette deck, TP-1009. In 1980, Aiwa created the world's first personal stereo recorder, TP-S30 (marketed as CassetteBoy in Japan). Despite Sony being the major shareholder, healthy competition between the two brands was believed to be profitable. [13]
A Sony CD boombox from 2005. A boombox is a common term for a portable cassette and AM/FM radio that consists of an amplifier, two or more loudspeakers and a carrying handle. Beginning in the 1990s, boomboxes typically included a CD player.
Digital Compact Cassette (DCC) A Digital Compact Cassette Digital, 1 ⁄ 8 inch wide tape, 1 + 7 ⁄ 8 in/s, introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992, marketed as the successor to the standard analog compact cassette WAV (file format) Digital. Named after the waveform created by a sound wave. Dolby Digital Cinema Sound Digital.
Through the 1980s and 1990s, Sony created many versions and variations in the cassette tape Walkman line [4] such as the DD series and WM series. Below is an incomplete list of cassette tape based Walkman models. Sony Walkman TPS-L2, from 1979. Sony Walkman WM-F15, released 1984. Sony Walkman WM-28, early 1980s Sony Walkman WM-F77, Circa 1986.