A quick in-person glance at the We Are Rewind cassette player and the Fiio DM-13 CD player reveals they are seemingly not as advanced as their vintage counterparts.

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.

CD stereo cassette players were in our homes by the time 1998 came, and the Game Boy was even due a snazzy reboot in colours come 2000, priced at £69.99 a full 21 years after they were first sold.

It has a CD player that handles CDR and CDRW, a tape player/recorder, a radio tuner, and auxiliary ports so you can plug in your smartphone.

FiiO's DM13 Follows Its CP13 Cassette Player The FiiO DM13 also offers a way to connect it to PCs, especially as modern CPUs and laptops no longer have disc ports, with its batteries bypassed and ...

Read more: Best cassette players 2024: tape players for a retro audio fix FiiO just launched the CP13 – a transparent portable cassette player that looks like it stepped straight out of the 80s. This ...

But still, there was something - much like the vinyl format - about the way cassette tapes sounded. There was the engagement engendered from that physical interaction with your listening medium, the ...

The early 2000s were the halcyon days of physical media. While not as svelte as MP3 players became, why are those early 2000s machines smaller than all the new models popping up amidst the retro au… ...

There’s a front-load cassette deck, CD player, USB port, SD card reader, AM/FM radio, Aux input and Bluetooth support. If you want to listen to music — wired or wirelessly — this boombox has ...

The TEAC retro Radio CD player features a built-in CD writer that will let you record directly from the built-in radio. This means you can capture your favorite radio shows or songs and create ...

The player uses Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity to connect to the best wireless headphones and best Bluetooth speakers. We Are Rewind also has $52 retro-styled EQ-001 over-the-ear headphones that come ...

Picture: Scott Reid Even when it comes to the CD player - that must-have wonder of the mid-80s hi-fi tower that looks a little niche four decades on - there have been some glimmers of hope.