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personal stereo

portable audio player using an audiocassette player, battery power and in some cases an AM/FM radio
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personal stereo

Summary

personal stereo ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • personal stereo is a type of portable audio player[2].
  • personal stereo is a type of audio electronics[3].
  • personal stereo is a type of cassette recorder[4].
  • personal stereo's Commons category is recorded as Personal cassette players[5].
  • personal stereo comprises tape transport[6].
  • personal stereo comprises headphone[7].
  • personal stereo comprises autoreverse[8].
  • personal stereo comprises Dolby B[9].
  • personal stereo comprises control panel[10].
  • 1979 marks the founding of personal stereo[11].
  • personal stereo's different from is recorded as digital media player[12].
  • personal stereo's different from is recorded as MP3 player[13].
  • personal stereo's different from is recorded as cassette recorder[14].
  • personal stereo's different from is recorded as radio cassette recorder[15].
  • personal stereo's different from is recorded as cassette deck[16].
  • personal stereo's uses is recorded as compact cassette[17].
  • personal stereo's uses is recorded as battery[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include portable audio player[2], audio electronics[3], and cassette recorder[4].

Origins

1979 marks the founding of personal stereo[11].

Use and Application

Components include tape transport[6]; headphone[7], an audio equipment[19]; autoreverse[8]; Dolby B[9], a Dolby noise-reduction system[20]; and control panel[10].

Why It Matters

personal stereo ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → —
    Uses → compact cassette, battery
    Subclass of → portable audio player, audio electronics, cassette recorder
    Inception → +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15686, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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