The appeal of this type of format-nostalgia is shared by We Are Rewind, the French company who (with a little help from a cabal of seasoned engineers who worked on portable cassette players back in ...

As anyone who grew up in the late ‘70s or ‘80s will tell you, a boombox was the only kind of hi-fi system that the teenager of the time wanted. Featuring a radio, cassette player - sometimes dual ...

Meanwhile, cassettes break and jam quite easily. Choosing a particular song might involve several minutes of fast forwarding or rewinding, which clogs the playback head and weakens the tape over time.

One of the odd consequences of the streaming era is the renewed focus on physical media. The Criterion Collection has a thriving business with their Blu-rays, not just for their superior fidelity and ...