Maxell MXCP-P100 is a portable cassette player with modern features like Bluetooth and USB-C

The Maxell MXCP-P100 is a portable music player that mixes old-school and modern features. Like any good modern device, it has a built-in rechargeable battery and a USB Type-C port for charging. And it has both a headphone jack and support for Bluetooth 5.4, allowing you to use wired or wireless headphones or speakers.

But this isn't an MP3 player. It's a portable cassette player. The MXCP-P100 is launching exclusively in Japan at launch, where it sells for ¥13,000 (about $90). It's unclear if or when it will be sold in other markets, but if it does, Maxell wouldn't be the first company to launch wouldn't be the first company in recent years.

At a time when smartphones with access to music streaming services gives us access to millions of songs on-demand at any time, there's something charming about physical media like CDs, vinyl records, and tape cassettes that can only hold an hour or two of music. And while vinyl has never gone completely out of fashion, tape cassettes have been making a bit of a comeback in recent years as well, likely because they provide a cheap and easy way for musicians to distribute their recordings or for music fans to make mixtapes.

Maxell's portable cassette player provides a way to listen to those tapes at home or on the go. It has a pretty basic design that lets you pop open a door to insert, remove, or flip around a tape to listen to the other side. There are play, stop, fast forward, and rewind buttons on top and a volume dial and Bluetooth button on the side, along with a headphone jack and USB-C port.

The MXCP-P100 measures 122 x 91 x 38mm (4.8″ x 3.6″ x 1.5″) and weighs 210 (7.4 ounces), not including the weight of a tape. The player supports stereo audio, and offers up to 9 hours of battery life when using wired headphones or 7 hours when using Bluetooth. It takes about 2 hours to fully charge the battery using a 5V/1.5A USB-C power adapter. And the cassette player comes in black or white color options.

That's pretty much all there is to this device. You cannot use it as an audio recorder. It won't play MP3 files or any other digital format. And it only officially supports cassette tapes that hold up to 90 minutes of audio (45 minutes on each side).

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