Private company
Personics
American audio recording distribution company based in Redwood City, founded in 19861
Personics was the company that invented the music recording retail system with trade name "Personics System" that was introduced in record stores starting in 1987. The system allowed customers to enter a music store, use headphones to preview and select individual songs on a console, then specify a custom list of songs to be recorded to a Compact Cassette tape.2 It ceased to exist in 1991.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Personics was the company that invented the music recording retail system with trade name "Personics System" that was introduced in record stores starting in 1987. The system allowed customers to enter a music store, use headphones to preview and select individual songs on a console, then specify a custom list of songs to be recorded to a Compact Cassette tape.2
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- 1WikidataPersonics on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPersonics on Wikipedia