However, the cassette does have a warm and unique sound – once you taste the light hiss, you may find yourself losing it in a cleaner format. The unique difficulty of skipping songs makes it impossible for album formats to have the advantage of other mediums – you may find yourself learning songs you like to skip. (As I was writing this review, I realized that Liz Phair’s “Crater Lake” is definitely one.)
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Friendly rewind
The rewind has a very solid aluminum housing and a built-in battery that can be charged with USB-C. It weighs 14 ounces and is only less than two iPhone 15 Pro Maxes. In addition to headphone audio, there is a 3.5mm audio so you can record tapes – you might find it interesting that someone with homemade mix tape will be surprised.
Photo: Martin Cizmar
Since falling into a hobby, I have six box box players desire. Rewind is the best – I love it so much that even though I sold that Suburau and now there is a stereo with Carplay, I still use it to listen to my tape while driving.
Anyone who once had to put on a hundred feet of tangle tape again and prayed without tears knew how important it was to have reliable transportation. Unlike half of my other players, rewind never had tape. There are some great old-fashioned players out there, but unless they are completely cleaned and renovated, you risk a weak component that can cause the cascade to fail. The premium refurbished players are priced at least as much as they rewind, and you won’t get any additional modern features.
Rewind sounds as good as any portable player I’ve heard, and that’s how it can reliably recreate sounds including cassettes, pop and hiss. Even the fact is when you use Bluetooth to broadcast tape to wireless headphones. I’m one of those who don’t understand the appeal of streaming media – if I want to listen to a digital version, I’ll play it on Apple Music – but I’m glad to have the option here. I was able to pair the rewind with a set of JBL tune headphones easily, but I couldn’t use it with the car stereo and instead rely on a 3.5mm cable. Use Bluetooth to mute audio compared to wired headphones.
A little hissing
The only problem is that there is a lack of automatic downtime when the box box runs out of strings or is quickly polished. The poor little motor continues to whistle by with unpleasant screams, which also means the internals may be under pressure. Players do not use headphones to ship. I paired it with a cheap set of transparent Koss headphones, but I was also sent with Rewind’s Bluetooth headphones, which I was very impressed with – the old-fashioned look was cool, but they felt very fragile and the sound was even more fragile.
But, considering everything better than anyone else right now, these are relatively small grips. This French cassette player is the best of 2025 and depends on the collection trend, which may ultimately make it the last best tape player.
