"The industry considered it a ludicrous idea, " said Tracy Farrington, the Park Ridge, N . J .-based marketing manager for Sony's Walkman Personal Stereos.
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However, quarter-inch phone connectors are still common in professional audio, while miniature phone connectors ( 3.5 mm ) have become predominant in personal stereo systems.
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The JBL Soundgear Minisystem ( SG3030 ) : Even in the era of digital music downloads, there are still conventional compact personal stereo systems being made.
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The cassette market remains strongest for country and rap music, say record-store employees, citing the predominance of cassette players in cars, boom boxes and personal stereos.
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A clever gadget no bigger than a personal stereo will not only take the guesswork out of the task but also give you a rapid answer.
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In addition, the use of personal stereos on the job can raise safety issues, and there is a possibility of damaging an employee's hearing as well.
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Personal stereo systems and satellite TV dishes have ended forever the military's monopoly over the supply of news and entertainment for American troops in a foreign land.
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The first commercial personal stereo was the Sony Walkman released in 1979, created by Akio Morita, Masaru Ibuka ( the co-founders of Sony ) and Kozo Ohsone.
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Every five years since the Walkman personal stereo was born in 1979 until 1999, Sony would celebrate by coming out with an anniversary cassette model on July 1.
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Having initially been transformed by microelectronics, the consumer-electronics industry must now struggle to dream up new " killer applications " as lucrative as personal stereos and video recorders.
