How this modern cassette player changes how you listen

How this modern cassette player changes how you listen - WE ARE REWIND Review

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Күн бұрын

I got the chance to review this modern cassette player and it really provided a unique experience that most people don't get to have nowadays and I think it provides a valuable insight into our listening habits.
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• REVIEW : 'We Are Rewin... - Techmoan's in depth review
0:00 intro
0:32 bluetooth connection
0:49 recorded sample
1:13 going to the cassette store
2:40 why this will change how you listen
3:19 interface look
4:16 conclusion

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@TitoMariategui 5 ай бұрын

Better buy a Vintage walkman and enjoy the good sound quality, the nostalgia and power of music. This we are rewind product is kinda good for the cassette culture but sadly it sounds like crap. 😢

@johnmc3862 4 ай бұрын

A vintage Walkman would probably cost you a small fortune.

@TitoMariategui 4 ай бұрын

@@johnmc3862 I own several vintage walkman players and maybe your right, they're expensive but if you're lucky enough you can buy some affordable ones

@MultiWirth Ай бұрын

@@johnmc3862 Then get a hifi tape deck instead and have an even better audio quality

@JohnDought 21 күн бұрын

I own one we are rewind cassette player and it sounds awesome

@BlazeingGoldReviews 5 ай бұрын

I bought one of these we are rewind players, its coming tomorrow. psyched.

@sushi_donut 6 ай бұрын

I got into cassettes last year as a sort of analogue Pomodoro timer for random tasks. And since you can find all kinds of incredible international music out thrifting (for almost nothing), often times with incredible musicianship that's not available online, it's been fun way to go treasure hunting and stay on task for things. Set a task, click it in, press play & enjoy the wobble wobble 😅. Take a break on Side B!

@DannyPops 6 ай бұрын

I love that! Thanks for sharing and watching :)

@mariuszadamczyk7766 4 ай бұрын

It’s great some companies try to revive this medium. Cassettes have their own original ambience to them. Irreplaceable ❤

@Ruinwyn 4 ай бұрын

Fiio has brand new player out now as well (cp13). It doesn't have Bluetooth or recording (recording on WAR isn't very good either), but has less wow&flutter and is slightly smaller. It is similarly priced and might be better available depending on your location. For anyone considering recording: there has only ever been few pocket-sized recorders ever that were able to record above dictation quality, and they are expensive even if broken. Find an old boombox or bigger.

@muppet1011 3 ай бұрын

This takes me back, shopping for cassettes. If I’m honest it wont change how I listen as I’ve moved on from the ‘Walkman’. But man, I loved that thing back in the day

@RealityTrailers 5 ай бұрын

Your link says: Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.

@ogcidman911 5 ай бұрын

Does it record to tape via Bluetooth or is that only for speaker play? I wish the window was completely clear instead of a small circle so we could better see where the tape is when recording into it.

@DannyPops 5 ай бұрын

It only records via the aux input.

@fitshake5380 5 ай бұрын

I need some urgent advice! There’s a sale tomorrow in my region and I have the chance to get Stanmore 2 at the same price as Acton 3? Which speaker would you suggest me? Please reply

@DannyPops 5 ай бұрын

I'd get the acton 3. The sound is better, just not as much bass. I'd always recommend the 3 series over the 2.

@fitshake5380 5 ай бұрын

Is Stanmore 2 that bad? I usually listen to a lot of hip-hop so was wondering what would be better as the bass is something I think would be useful for me. what do you think? I appericate the reply. Stanmore 3 is 80 euros more expensive than the 2 here.@@DannyPops

@private_down 2 ай бұрын

1:45 - And you really, actually own it... It won't be vanished if the provider company ceases (in contrast, see e.g. streaming platforms). It won't diesappear if the publication agreement between the artist and the provider company is over or broken (vs. the diesappearing songs from the streaming platforms). You can reach them even if your internet connection fails. You can listening to them even in the mountains and in the forests where network coverage does not even exist. :D Physical copies are essential for fans: :) [sorry for my weak English]

@carlgray6764 6 ай бұрын

its interesting ... shame it uses not so good tech inside compared to even really old stuff like the walkman 2 and later revisions showing how clever they were shrinking the size but at the same time improving the whole listening experience on the go ... shame ... still the music experience of going to the record store and getting the latest album and looking at the artwork getting ready to listen to it as well was very exciting ... i love the new way of getting/listening to music but i will be honest ... something seems missing with the experience .... anyway happy new year danny !

@DannyPops 6 ай бұрын

Happy New Year Carl! Thanks for watching and your insights.

@treelineresearch3387 6 ай бұрын

I gather there's like one Chinese OEM left making cassette tape mechanisms, and they're all super cheapified descendants of 80s/90s Japanese ones. They're mechanically complex enough and demand is low enough no one is investing any money into developing a modern high quality transport.

@JoeOrber Ай бұрын

It is a very nice looking portable cassette player. Did the pre-recorded tapes sound better than the first tape you showed? How long does the battery last? Man, I’d love to get that Phil Collins album on cassette ❤ great video, thanks for sharing 😊

@garthreid7114 24 күн бұрын

Most prerecorded tapes were not only high quality sound, they had some excellent analogue machines to drive them. Just before digital CD came out, analogue, in every sector of Hi-fi, had a most reached a pinnacle of performance, so, like I started with initially, any tapes I could get a hold of, then I started getting TDK SA, tapes. These were constantly superior sound recording quality, next, TDK SAX. Finally, I found that DENON HD 100's were really good, it was such a shame how cassettes lost their crown to digital CD, but hey, such is tech.

@Infinite_Ouroboros 4 ай бұрын

Get a Walkman D6C. Don't have to worry about sound quality with that thing. ALL modern cassette decks unfortunately suffer from the same issue, they use the same tanashin mechanism which is cheap and noisy. Mid range late 1990s walkmans sound way better so it's worth picking one up and fixing it.

@domfjbrown75 4 ай бұрын

Have you seen what the Walkman Pro goes for now??? OBSCENE! Wish I'd got mine replaced on insurance rather then getting a Pro-Logic processer now, but, you know, hindsight...

@Infinite_Ouroboros 4 ай бұрын

@domfjbrown75 Yep, because you're looking for them in the wrong places. Got my mint d6c for cheap, provided I had to replace all the internal rubber and some basic maintainance. Got it for $300 usd a few months ago from jp sites

@kasperjr 5 ай бұрын

i always use a small dac and headphone amplifier (fiio) between an old cassette deck/walkman etc...and my cassette music sound like studio material! It really works very good!

@fty-ys4ni 5 ай бұрын

Want to share your dac/amplifier combo?

@kasperjr 5 ай бұрын

@@fty-ys4ni fiio q3 I have the previous version.. It's a dac and amplifier together. Then on the lowest settings.

@fty-ys4ni 5 ай бұрын

@@kasperjr What is your choice of headphone/earphone?

@kasperjr 5 ай бұрын

@@fty-ys4ni always sennheiser momentum on ears of a sennheiser over ears if you prefer deep bass. prices around 200-300 euro/dollar

@private_down 2 ай бұрын

I wish these players had rounded corners instead of these sharp ones. Back in the days, it was reasonable to produce devices like this with rounded shapes: thanks to the edge-less and sharpless profile, they did not disturb/harm your cloths, your pockets, your skin.

@kevinpatrickmacnutt 5 ай бұрын

Cassettes on a good deck can sound quite good. Portables are a nice convenience but will never bring the best out of an analog format.

@JG-pj3bg 2 күн бұрын

Like most people, you purchased a very low end cassette player(I don't mean brand) and also purchases a worn out cassette album that was recorded on a low end Type 1 cassette tape but don't get me wrong I made plenty of those kind of purchases also, until I purchased my first higher end Sony EX portable cassette player that 95% of people did not even know existed at the time, especially the ones that did not want a cassette player that cost $200 at the time when the average cassette Walkman's (SONY, JVC, Panasonic, Etc.) only cost about $20-$50, Sony EX Players even made worn out type 1 cassette tapes sound good but the real surprise came from Type 2 and 4 cassette tapes that were recorded with my higher end Sony ES deck with Dolby S from my higher end Sony ES CD Player, my later Sony EX Walkman even had Track Skip and Replay like my Sony ES Cassette Deck and now that Hi-Res audio has come out we can make even better sounding cassette recordings because the source is even more detailed

@skald9 6 ай бұрын

If you listen on a decent player it can sound much better than mp3.

@benWTL 6 ай бұрын

I'd love this but for CDs

@allanwhy 6 ай бұрын

i like the teenage engineering inspiration, great device... the bluetooth function is kind of funny but i just see it as unnecessary since it's messing with the analog cassette sound!

@LinusTan94 6 ай бұрын

Doesn't appear to have Dolby NR or compatibility with metal tapes though. It does look cool.

@WalnutSpice 5 ай бұрын

it doesn't have a biasing switch, It can't even play type ii tapes. It shouldn't even be playing type i's, this thing is a useless crap mechanism not even suited for data tapes on a commodore 64 thrown in an aluminum case for some reason

@LinusTan94 5 ай бұрын

@@WalnutSpice well at least it looks cute…it’s got that going

@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld 4 ай бұрын

@@WalnutSpice Ever used one of the cheaper late 90s Sony Walkmans like EX172 etc? They might have a bias switch, but it feels more like an EQ really. They seem to be pushing treble on normal setting and pushing bass/mids/mud on the type ii setting. this causes type ii to sound 'better' on normal setting. A type two on type ii setting usually sounds a bit muddy but ofc less hiss since the highs are cut. Even Sony had problems regarding biasing on their cheaper made in china models in the late 90s. to expect them to get it right today with probably even worse parts is a bit overblown. I doubt anybody will build a walkman as good as the top models of the last century anymore. They simply can't because they can't get the parts. We are stuck with gimmicky little machines until somebody invests a lot of money, designes and builds a high a end model and then sells them for probably way more than 1000$. Maybe sometime some DSP chip will come to the rescue, but that of course will not be pure analog anymore.

@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld 4 ай бұрын

Nobody uses Dolby NR anymore. Dolby dosn't license it anymore and the chips are probably not even being produced anymore. They could of course just copy it and give it a different name....

@Fam2014Ch 4 ай бұрын

well... you never show how noisy is with the pro cassettes at the end/// ... 🤷‍♀

@summersky77 6 ай бұрын

But if a 30 year old EX walkman that's 1/3 the size, sounds remarkably better and costs less, why wouldn't you just do that? You can buy them with the belt already swapped easily enough for less money than a WAR brick, but it's really not that hard to do if you really had to. The record function is terrible and you wouldn't even want to use it past the first time.

@Gajodareactividade 6 ай бұрын

Permanent magnet erase head says it all... Awful quality. This device is the crosley for cassettes...

@summersky77 5 ай бұрын

@@Gajodareactividade Exactly why. All recordable portables are like that except for the Sony WM-D6C and WM-D3, though the D6C was much better. There were other good portables but they're not in the 'Walkman' size territory.

@timecage 5 ай бұрын

They can sound as good as CD. Just not on the "We Are Rewind" player. And probably not those old prerecorder type I tapes. And probably not through bluetooth.

@Dacstunes 5 ай бұрын

This looks like a great product but I absolutely cannot stand the circular window

@RY-gg2dm 5 ай бұрын

Look at all new Fiio cp13, better design.

@calebwayte7122 3 ай бұрын

I can’t pair this player with a Sony wireless headphones. Some advice?

@jeanaustinsolomon5594 2 ай бұрын

Why old cassette players are coming back?

@galaxya7091 4 ай бұрын

Mine finishes in trashcan

@ruleman1234 6 ай бұрын

Danny are you ok? You look tired

@DannyPops 6 ай бұрын

lol i am, i woke up and made this early. thank you :)

@Gajodareactividade 6 ай бұрын

It's those kind of devices that ruin entirely the cassette listening experience.... Oh, about recording?? Well, any device with permament magnet erase head will be terrible... Cassettes can sound much better!!

@objectivepathology 7 сағат бұрын

That "narrative" is why we used to lie down on the shag carpet, and listen to an LP - a WHOLE LP, without doing ANYTHING else. An LP at home was an EVENT. We now live in a distractable, ADHD society. Just slow down and enjoy the ride, man!

@skrdma 3 ай бұрын

Ты слишком молод, чувак.

@petersmits6951 5 ай бұрын

Rubbish

@polaris911 4 ай бұрын

overpriced junk for posers

@Raptor50aus 5 ай бұрын

It is pure garbage.

@manti1923 3 ай бұрын

These units will never be near the quality of the Sony, Aiwa, Panasonic Walkmans...save your money and reach the secondhand market if you got high quality tapes from the old days in your collection like SA-X, MA-R, Maxell MX, XL-II and play your tapes quality gear!!!