Relive Your Walkman Days By Getting Ready With Freddie

InnovationConsumer TechRelive Your Walkman Days By Getting Ready With FreddieByMark Sparrow,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs.Follow AuthorJun 05, 2026, 07:00am EDTA classic Sony Walkman portable cassette player on display at the ‘I Grew Up 80s’ exhibition at Dorset Museum.Getty ImagesAre you old enough to remember when the original Sony Walkman that was launched, way back in 1979? Unfortunately, I am old enough and I can distinctly remember their MDR-3L2 headphones with vibrant orange foam earpads and a flat metal headband. At the time, anyone wearing a pair of headphones in public must have resembled an alien. Before then, there was no way of listening to headphones without being tethered to a hi-fi system in the home. Only hi-fi buffs and airline pilots used headphones. I recall the first time I used my Walkman in public; it was on a train traveling between Düsseldorf and Dortmund, in West Germany. You would have thought I’d sprouted a pair of green antennae by the way everyone on that train stared at me. These days, almost everyone wears a pair of headphones or earbuds in public and we don’t even notice.Unlike the original Walkman headphones, the Freddie headphones from We Are Rewind include wireless connectivity and a rechargeable battery.WE ARE REWINDIf you hanker after a pair of those early Walkman-style headphones, you’re in luck because We Are Rewind has expanded its growing range of retro audio products by launching the new Freddie wireless headphones. The EQ-002 headphones are designed to complement the We Are Rewind’s popular WE-001 series of personal cassette players, which launched last year.MORE FOR YOUBack To The 1980sInspired by the iconic Sony Walkman headphones of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the new We Are Rewind Freddie headphones combine a lightweight vintage aesthetic with the latest Bluetooth wireless technology. The...