Wired headphones are making a comeback. And it’s about to feel like 1979 again.
If you grew up in the 80s, you remember the ritual: pop a cassette into your Walkman, clamp on those lightweight foam headphones, and suddenly your bedroom, your school bus seat, or the back of your parents’ station wagon became your own private concert hall. Rewinding a tape with a pencil was practically a life skill. And nobody worried about battery percentages, just whether you had two fresh AAs.
Now Sony is bringing back the classic headphones that originally debuted alongside the Walkman cassette player.
And Sony is keeping the retro look. They have the same slim gray headband and come with orange and blue ear cushions, the kind you probably fought your sibling over.
They’re wired, just like the originals... except instead of an old-school headphone plug, they connect through USB-C.
Sony even went so far as to try to keep the sound close to the OG version, too. So, don’t expect too much bass. Then again, we made it through the entire 80s without it.
Some things never go out of style. They just wait for the rest of us to come back around. Now, where did I put that mixtape?