New portable cassette players inspired by Sony’s 1980s Walkman have appeared from various companies, including upstart manufacturer We Are Rewind, audiophile fave FiiO, and numerous off-brands ...

Cassette tape players are an entirely different story ... (You can read more about the Aiwa HS-G08 at The Walkman Archive.) The Sony Walkman TPS-L2 is one of the most important portable music players.

Sony originally called their portable cassette player the Roundabout in the United States and the Freestyle in other countries like Australia and the United Kingdom. However, a year later, they ...

The old Sony Walkman cassette player was the gold standard for portable cassette players, and with the resurgence of retro tech, some of us want to return to those good old days. So, enter the ...

But late last year the company announced it was developing a portable cassette player called the FiiO CP13 that looks a bit like a Sony Walkman with a (very) few modern touches. The company showed ...

The Fiio CP13 (left) and a Sony Sports Walkman Derek Malcolm ... Make no mistake, the Fiio CP13 is a basic portable cassette player that does nothing but play cassettes — and that is fantastic.

So much so that back in the day, portable cassette players were referred to as Walkmans even though that was explicitly Sony branding. With the arrival of CDs, it stepped aside for the fresh-on ...

To commemorate Sony's first WALKMAN, FIIO debut cassette player CP13 ... FiiO isn't the only brand reviving the portable cassette player for a 21st-century audience. Last year, French brand We Are ...

Brands like Fiio, Sony, and We Are Rewind are now manufacturing portable cassette players betting on the fact that some users like a dedicated device for listening to music – something that’s ...

Coming this fall for $179, FiiO’s first-ever portable CD player supports Bluetooth, balanced headphone-out, and USB digital audio playback. FiiO is turning back the clock on portable audio playback ...

Fiio grabbed plenty of attention with its reboot of the classic portable cassette player earlier ... a portable CD player that evokes the original Sony Discman. Fiio plans to sell a silver version ...