However, the cassettes have a warm and distinctive sound – once you have a taste for a light whistle, you can miss it in cleaner formats. The unique difficulty of jumping songs gives the album format a primacy that other medium cannot – you can find yourself learning to love the songs you would have jumped. (By writing this review, I realized that Liz Phair’s “Crater Lake” is an absolute banger.)
For the collector, the cassettes are still relatively cheap and affordable at a time when you see a vinyl copy of the extremely Meh 1980 album by Billy Joel Glass house Marked at $ 25. In addition, they look cool and feel good in your hand. In short, the collection of cassettes makes sense because they are easily available and Only 1% can collect mini-discs.
Be with rewinding
The rewind has a very robust aluminum case and an integrated battery that recharges with USB-C. It weighs 14 ounces, just a little less than two Maxes iPhone 15 Pro. In addition to the headphone audio, there is a 3.5 mm audio so you can save your strips – you can find fun to surprise a special person with a home mixture.
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Photography: Martin Cizmar
I had half a dozen cassette players since I fell into the hobby because I bought an old suburu with a broken CD player who ate my copy of Desire. The rewinding is by far the best – I love it so much that I always use it to listen to my cassettes by driving even if I sold this suburau and that I now have a stereo with Carplay.
Anyone who has already had a hundred feet of adhesive tape, praying that there is no tear, understands how important it is to have reliable transport. The repayment has never eaten a ribbon, unlike half of my other players. There are great vintage players, but unless they have been completely cleaned and renovated, you run the risk of a weak component causing cascade failures. A high -end renovated player will cost at least as much as rewinding and you will not get any of the additional modern features.
The rewinding seems as good as any portable reader that I have heard, that is to say that it reliably reproduces the sound of the cassette, pops and whistles included. This is even true when you use the Bluetooth function to broadcast your bands to wireless helmet. I am one of those people who do not understand the attraction of streaming a physical medium – if I wanted to hear a digital version that I would play just on Apple Music, but it’s good to have the option here. I was able to easily associate the rewind with A set of JBL headphonesBut I could not make it work with my car stereo, rather by counting on a 3.5 mm cable. Audio is silent using Bluetooth compared to wired headphones.
A little whistling
The only problem is the lack of automatic stop when the cassette is short of channel rewinding or quick discount. The poor small engine continues to whisk with an unpleasant cry which also means that the ribbon inside can be stressed. The player is not shipped with headphones. I paired her with a little expensive Transparent koss headphones setBut I was also sent Rewind’s Bluetooth Headphones Which was not very impressed – the vintage look is cool, but they have a fragile sensation and a more fragile sound for $ 50.
These are all relatively minor reproaches, however, taking into account all that rewinding does better than anyone at the moment. This French cassette player is the best in 2025, and according to collection trends, which can end up making it the last best band player.
