OUR LOVE OF CASSETTES, those chunks of plastic eclipsed by shiny CDs in the early-90s, is being replayed thanks to the mixtape nostalgia of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Stranger Things,” not to mention Taylor Swift’s endorsement.
The format reached a five-year sales high last year, finding a niche audience among music geeks seeking underground cachet. Now Crosley, the maker of the ubiquitous dorm-room vinyl players, has responded with its retro CT200 tape deck ($70, crosleyradio.com), a dead ringer for the boombox in 1984’s...