Sturdy aluminum case. Great sound. No tapes eaten after more than a year of testing. USB-C rechargeable. Bluetooth compatibility. No auto-stop on rewind or fast-forward, which leads to a terrifying ...

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Vinyl is experiencing a huge resurgence — we all know this. But a rising tide lifts all ships and it has actually spawned renewed interest in other old-school audio formats as well, including CDs and, ...

The FiiO CP13 is a portable cassette player with a simple design, big buttons, and a very basic feature set. First unveiled during CES, the cassette player does have a few modern touches including a ...

In a nutshell: Sony isn't the only company reviving retro-inspired gadgets. Japanese electronics maker Maxell has introduced a new portable cassette player that blends old-school tape playback with ...

Maxell is a heritage Japanese audio and electronics manufacturer with a history dating back to the 1960s. Over the years, the brand has become synonymous with audio cassettes and other recordable ...

Cassette players and tapes are fertile hacking ground. One reason is that their electromechanical and analog nature provides easy ways to fiddle with their operation. For example, slow down the motor ...

Side hustles that work with a full-time job include sourcing and selling collector's items — including cassette tapes.

Brute Fort is a gnarly loveletter to zine culture and old school dungeon crawling, and a board game that fits into a double cassette case.