Bust out your old C90s, because there’s a new portable hi-fi system on the way that looks a lot like the ones we grew up with ...

That said, I was fortunate enough to find a second-hand Luxman cassette deck, which plays great, for $80. The bonus is that all of these players were made when Dolby B and C playback was a given.

Teac What’s more, Teac’s modern cassette decks maintain the classic look and feel of previous generations but are updated every few years with the latest noise-reduction technology (equivalent to ...