Maxell Japan has launched a portable ‘Walkman’ cassette player, but its retro audio tech is boosted by modern convenience.

We checked out the new generation of portable, Walkman-style cassette players to find out if an old-school audio format could really replace streaming services.

Maxell was a brand synonymous with audio and cassette tapes thanks to an iconic ad. With the popularity of cassette tapes on ...

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… ...

Cassette tapes were a major way of listening to (and recording) music througout the 1980s and 1990s and were in every hi-fi stereo, boom box, and passenger vehicle of the era. Their decline was ...

LEGO has announced a new Transformers set featuring Soundwave, a robot that transforms into a boom box – complete with two ...

There are two notable feature swaps from the boombox you had a few decades ago, though: the radio tuner is out and Bluetooth is in for wireless playback, and the battery is a built-in rechargeable ...

The disruptive power of the cassette anticipated the even greater tectonic shift that the digital age would bring to music.

This high-end modern cassette player is better than vintage for tape heads.

Want to quit music streaming and go back to physical formats? This TEAC CD player/cassette deck is just the thing for it Story by Carrie Marshall • 11mo ...

As vintage audio continues its renaissance, only one hi-fi company is making modern players for this classic format.

If all cassette players were as clever as this one, I’d probably never have swapped to streaming The cassette player gets a modern twist with additions like USB-C in this funky, nostalgic release from ...