New Walkman available soon to tune of $1,120

Lori Grisham | USA TODAY Network

Walkmans have come a long way since the '80s.

Sony unveiled a new Walkman on Monday at Consumer Electronics Show 2015 in Las Vegas. The portable audio player, the Walkman NW-ZX2, plays high-resolution audio that reproduces "master quality recordings just as the artists originally intended," according to a statement from the company.

The upscale audio player will retail at $1,119.99, according to news reports.

The device, which will be available in the spring, has 128GB of built-in memory and a micro-SD card slot. It will support MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, ALAC and DSD file formats.

While generally considered state-of-the art, some reviews have questioned the use of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, an older operating system.

The newest Walkman model is the latest in a long history of portable audio players from the company. The original Sony Walkman was the first affordable, portable music device of its time. It debuted in 1979 and played cassette tapes.

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