Do you miss your old Sony Walkman in a nostalgic mood? Or have you found a bin of old cassettes in the attic? Then there is good news: the manufacturer FiiO is launching a new cassette player, a modern variant of the Walkman.
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Of FiiO CP13 is a portable cassette player that is heavily inspired by the Sony Walkman. The technical details are currently still scarce. The price has not yet been announced. The CP13 won’t go on sale until later this year, but Chinese manufacturer FiiO already has photos and video’s of the retro gadget show.
The cassette player is available in several colors: blue, red, white with black and a transparent version. With the latter you also see the parts of the device, not just the rotating cassette tape. The CP13 has a headphone port and a large volume knob on the side. The big play buttons on top look like this thing skated straight out of the 80s.
Cassette-revival
The launch of a new Walkman clone is less strange than it might seem. Cassettes have been making a comeback among a small group of music lovers for years, mainly as a collector’s item. The Walkman has also been regularly featured in popular films and series in recent years, including The Last of Us. This also introduced a new generation to it. The sales of cassettes in both the US and the UK reached their highest point in more than a decade.
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But charging is possible with a modern USB-C connection. Connecting to a computer does not seem to be possible. So you cannot convert your old cassettes to MP3s.
There is no support for Bluetooth, so you always have to listen with wired headphones. But of course that fits with the whole retro experience.
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