There are a few reasons why you might be searching for the best cassette players. Maybe you’re on a retro kick, looking to separate yourself from the cold, soulless world of streaming digital music.

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Learn more Formed in 2016, We Are Rewind is a French audio company that makes new-age audio players for cassette tapes. It’s best known for the WE-001, a portable cassette player that’s fit for modern ...

That isn’t a line from an ’80s Japan-panic flick. It’s a (slightly adapted) post at Tapeheads, an online forum for cassette tape enthusiasts. Tanashin is a Japanese audio hardware company. Since the ...

Cassette tapes might not have the largest capacity or best sound quality, but they ooze retro appeal, as seen in the recent resurgence of the Sony Walkman. Tapping into that hipster market is the ...

A new minimalist cassette tape player has been developed by the Lithuanian audiovisual and art organisation BrainMonk, which takes the form of Elbow. This innovative device is a modern twist on the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It's as easy to roll your eyes at the cassette trend. Just as easy as it was to roll your eyes at vinyl ...

Cassette tapes sales are back in fashion, with sales reportedly at their highest in more than 15 years, with annual growth outpacing even vinyl’s resurgence. To celebrate, tape manufacturer ...

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The concept itself is simple: what if a cassette player didn’t have any of that nasty boxy stuff that protects the cassette? Elbow, were it to exist, uses a single pulley to drive the tape, and it ...