Retro stylin': A cassette tape MP3 player

A cassette MP3 player.

(Credit: ChinaVision)

The retro craze is still going strong, especially with gadgets like a flash drive disguised as a mix tape, and devices that will let you transfer tunes from old cassettes to MP3s. But here's something that kicks it up a notch--an MP3 player inside an actual cassette tape. You have all the benefits of an MP3 player--an SD card slot, music and volume controls, an on/off switch, and a USB charger--but in a decidedly retro cassette tape. And this is the crazy-cool part: This cassette MP3 player can be used like a normal cassette in a regular cassette player! Now, we do have to offer a caveat emptor and all that, especially as we're not too sure about the music quality. Still, this is one fun-looking gadget that combines retro style with modern technology. It's also surprisingly affordable, at $21.96. [Source: GeekSugar]

[qprize]

Sound Quality? Or more FUD from Crave?

You're not sure about the sound quality of this all-in-one? What's the <br />difference between this and a standard cassette adapter, except that it skips the <br />crappy wire. If the quality of those adapters is acceptable - and usually <br />reviewed as superior to even the best of the FM transmitters, then these should <br />be as good or better.<br /><br />Print this out and look at it every time you go to post, so you get the order right:<br />Engage brain, then write.

[make_or_break]

Different SQ issues

It's not just the signal transfer to a cassette deck's tape head assembly that's at issue here; it's also the D/A conversion itself. For all anyone knows, this thing could sound like a DOG just using it as a straight MP3 player. At $22, it certainly doesn't REEK of quality, but more like straight-on novelty and gimmickry.

[evildonald]

Welcome to 3 years ago (at least!)

These things have been around for years and years (admittedly, this one has usb charging.. but that's hardly anything to write home (or to the entire world) about.

[johnrobie]

Back after years

I don't know about 3 years ago, I saw something like this around 5 years ago, but then it seemed to disappear and I'd never seen one since. Good to see they're back, it always struck me as a clever idea. <br /><br />Plus there are a wide variety of cases already available...

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