Gadhouse Miko portable cassette player review: Analogue renaissance?

For those who miss the satisfying ritual of analogue sound, the Gadhouse Miko Cassette Player is a beautifully engineered time capsule with vintage mechanical charm and modern conveniences.

Bringing the vibrant, purposeful style of the 90s right back to your listening setup. Pictures: Gadhouse.

Who remembers winding a cassette tape with a pencil? There’s something wonderfully nostalgic about the cassette tape, from the way you insert the cassette to the large physical buttons. For those of us who grew up navigating the mixtape culture, the sheer ritual of the format, from the careful loading, the audible click of the mechanism, and the anticipation of a song starting, is really comforting. I still have a rather small collection from back in the day, a personal archive of sonic time capsules, and testing the Miko gave me the opportunity to relive my childhood.

The Miko portable cassette player is a wonderful way to rekindle that potent, sweet feeling of nostalgia for a time past. It's a beautifully engineered piece of kit designed to honour the unique character of analogue sound, making it surprisingly easy to dip back into that cherished golden era.