CDs and records are making a comeback, but cassettes are an underrated option that combines the portability of CDs with the analog nature of vinyl.

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For someone whose portable listening career began with MP3 players, sitting and watching that cassette rewind felt like an eternity. Still, I soon began to appreciate the therapeutic whirring sound, ...

There are currently no ways to turn back time, but FiiO has since brought back renowned experiences of the past with its lineup of new retro technologies, now debuting the DM13, a modern CD player.

There has always been something to say for the cassette tape. Even if you didn’t grow up in the age when a No. 2 pencil was essential to ensure you could wind up your unspooled tapes, the odds are you ...

Play tapes on-the-go with FiiO’s $99 transparent portable audio cassette player with USB-C charging and 13 hour battery life. In the past several years, listening to vinyl records has re-inserted ...

Did you grow up with them? RB: "I had a few. I'm actually more [from the] CD era. I was born in 1988, but I have an older brother who is a musician. He used to make a lot of mix tapes back in the day, ...

Poland's Artur Mlynarz collects, repairs and restores classic hi-fi equipment. Sometimes though, units come in that are beyond help. Wanting to bring new life to vintage cassette decks, he mounted a ...

In late noughties Soho, after gigs at the The Spice of Life pub, you’d find a man named Jackie with CDs and cassettes lined up outside. “He’d ask what instrument you play, you’d tell him and he’d ...

A decade ago I was moderately surprised to find that companies like Sony were showing off portable music players at CES, because I figured most people had moved on to using smartphones to listen to ...

Move aside vinyl, another retro music format has spun back into the local spotlight. As emblematic to 1980s culture as the boom boxes and Sony Walkmans that played them, cassette tapes are back in ...