Nostalgia culture has led to a huge vinyl resurgence, but that same excitement hasn’t quite extended to other almost-defunct media players used for mini disks or cassettes.
A new cassette player called Elbow could change that. Elbow has simplified the mechanism of traditional cassette players, relying on just a single pulley to drive the tape. It also has modern updates to maintain constant playback rate, with tape speed tracked by an optical sensor and an added mini-USB port so you can connect it to your computer.
Additionally, Elbow comes with a pin that lets you attach the player to your clothes, making it easy to use on the go. Unfortunately the current iteration of Elbow is just a prototype, as the product is still in development, but hopefully it won’t take too long before the player hits the market.
Watch the brand’s video below, then start breaking out all your high school mixtapes.
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