Sony wants to take you back to 1979 with its ‘newtro’ updated MDR-3 wired headphones, built to match the original Walkman — and there’s even a Stranger Things edition
- Sony has launched MDR-3R, an update on its 1979 'Walkman headphones'
- The aesthetic is virtually unchanged — even down to the packaging
- Two key upgrades: USB-C (not 3.5mm termination) plus an in-line remote
- Oh, and for $20 / £20 more, there's a Stranger Things edition…
Well now. 'Newtro' (a portmanteau of 'new retro') audio kit is trending, and doesn't Sony know it? The company says it sees people embracing wired, physical music products for "both functional and cultural perspectives", and it is seizing the day — just as Bose has, with its new $99 wired noise-canceling earbuds.
I am fortunate enough to have lived through the introduction of Sony's original Walkman in 1979, to have seen Julia Roberts singing Prince in a bath tub in Pretty Womanand to have fallen in love with Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, skateboarding with an Aiwa CassetteBoy clipped to his denim...
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