Companies like We Are Rewind, Fiio and others are offering updated designs for new cassette and CD players, with additional features like USB-C and Bluetooth charging.
However, after a quick look at these updated music gadgets, we discovered that they are seemingly not as advanced as some of their classic counterparts. The dimensions of We Are Rewind’s Bluetooth cassette player are roughly the same as Sony’s first Walkman in 1979, but by the time the cassette Walkman finished its first production in the early 2000s, cassette players were practically the size of cassettes themselves. The Fiio DM-13 Bluetooth CD player has a large square design that is reminiscent of the Sony Discman of the late 1980s, even though by 2001 we had super-slim, round CD players from iRiver, Panasonic and Sony with enough skip protection to make it through the whole album.
Take a look at these new players compared to their classic counterparts
So what happened to the compact designs we took for granted in the early 21st century? For The Verge YouTube channel, I talked to the companies that make these upgraded players – We Are Rewind and Fiio – to find out why we can’t make cassette and CD players like we used to.
Keep watching for a hands-on review of these gadgets compared to cassette and CD players at the peak of technology.
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