Os Modelos de Walkman Que Definiram Cada Época - Como a Sony reinterpretou a música portátil ao longo de quase cinco décadas - EP5

 

1997: MZ-R50 MD Walkman: Recorder Maturity

Portable recording existed long before MiniDisc, but MiniDisc made it feel native to digital life. With the MZ-R50, recording, editing, and titling settled into a usable rhythm. Battery life improved, reliability stabilized, and the machine receded just enough to let the act matter. Music stopped being something you merely played. It became something you assembled, named, and revised. The Walkman shifted from playback device to authorship tool.

Walkman: A História Ilustrada (1979–2004) A timeline of Sony’s cassette Walkman models from 1979 to 2004 - EP.31 - 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998: SONY WALKMAN Beans

 

Between 1995 and 1998, Sony released the “Beans,” a line of translucent cassette players.

 They used iridescent or opalescent shells, with some versions designed to glow in the dark.

A História Ilustrada do Walkman da SONY - série Sports - ep.19 - 1997: WM-FS499

 

1997 WM-FS499: The Feature-Complete Sports Walkman

The WM-FS499 shows the Sports Walkman fully settled into its late-90s role. Water resistance, long battery life, auto-reverse, Dolby B, digital tuning, and an LCD clock and stopwatch covered every expectation. Mega Bass gave way to Groove branding, aligning with the era’s lifestyle-sound push. It was also the first Sports Walkman to start incorporating silver accents, a small shift that tracked where late-90s consumer electronics were headed.