{"id":70500,"date":"2025-05-03T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/70500\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T06:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:57:08","slug":"forget-spotify-the-cassette-player-is-back-and-way-better-than-you-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/70500\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Spotify &#8211; the cassette player is back and way better than you remember"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve already seen <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/science-technology\/2041380\/vinyl-keeps-spinning-thanks-to-surprisingly-affordable-Bluetooth-turntables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vinyl making a major comeback<\/a> with a bunch of tech firms now offering high-tech turntables. Now it seems cassettes could be about to boom as well. Anyone who lived through the 80s and 90s will have plenty of nostalgic memories of playing so-called tapes in cars, home stereos and portable players.<\/p>\n<p>Despite, these music makers becoming obsolete after the launch of CDs and then streaming services it seems they aren\u2019t gone for good.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, there&#8217;s a totally new way to play any old cassettes you may in the loft and it&#8217;s way better than you might remember.<\/p>\n<p>The team at We Are Rewind have just announced the launch of its new EDITH WE-001 cassette player which adds plenty of modern twists to this ageing technology.<\/p>\n<p>This new music player gets full Bluetooth connectivity so you can link up those wireless headphones you now own or beam those classic tunes to portable speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Physical buttons let you play and rewind, plus there&#8217;s even the option to record things as well.<\/p>\n<p>A premium design with Aluminium casing is included rather than old style plastic and the firm is promising decent battery life for those long journeys.<\/p>\n<p>Another bonus is that the EDITH WE-001 doesn&#8217;t rely on annoying AA batteries with it featuring a fully rechargeable power pack instead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In an age where digital streaming dominates, We Are Rewind introduces their latest \u200b blend of nostalgia and innovation with the EDITH WE-001 cassette player. This deck pays homage to the classic era of mixtapes while adding new features, offering a unique musical experience for tape fans and newcomers alike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>EDITH is out now and costs \u00a0\u00a3129. We Are Rewind products can be picked up shops including at Rough Trade, Selfridges, FNAC, Turntable Lab and many independent record stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve already seen vinyl making a major comeback with a bunch of tech firms now offering high-tech turntables.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[341,3190,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-70500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-sony","9":"tag-tech-section","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114442603357982949","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}