Companies like We Are Rewind, Fiio, and others offer updated designs for new cassette and CD players, with some additional functionality like USB-C charging and Bluetooth. But after a quick glance ...

Even when it comes to the CD player - that must-have ... and it's true that any half decent cassette deck from the glory days of the 80s and early 90s will walk all over them.

Cassette tape sales are at a 20-year high, the vinyl market is on a 17-year growth streak, and CDs have caught the attention of Gen Z. After a resurgence of retro physical media, tech companies ...