secretly a contemporary musical device!
Oct 21, 2008
Author: Maria | Filed under: Knick Knacks | Tags: cassette tape, music
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Remember our post on the 10 Best Resources for Cassette Tape Nostalgia (I’m actually feeling nostalgic just thinking about it)? Well, I just found an ipod-cassette-tape hybrid to add to the list, and since it’s a musical-day on S&D (yes, GO WIN A POSTER!), I thought it would be the perfect time to post!
Proporta kindly sent me their Playback Pack ($29), an ipod classic case that looks like a cassette tape (an ipod trapped in cassette-tape’s body, if you will).
I must say, I’m smitten with the thing, which is not quite a surprise because I love the symbolic joining of old and new, but nonetheless, this cassette tape is also very functional (if symbolism doesn’t cut it for your casing-needs). If this case had a personality, it would be sort of hipster-cool but also secretly servile (ironic!).
Here are my favorite features: (that and more pics after the jump!)
- It comes with a Splitter Cable so you can share your music with a friend. (HOW HELPFUL WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN ON ABOUT 20,000 CAR TRIPS GROWING UP?)
- You can flip the case around and use it as an ipod stand (like below, shown on a different style case). There is even a special hole so you can still charge your ipod while it’s in the case. The upright position is THE BEST for TV viewing, esp if you want to work on a boring project at your desk and watch TV at the same time.

- Headphones are turquoise. I don’t know if they all are, but MINE were.
- It comes with a pamphlet cleverly shaped like the cassette tape booklet. And, they sent along tea. I’m not sure why. But, I’m also not sure why not.
- My favorite part: there’s a little rubber cassette tape “pad” that fits in the case with your ipod. That way, it really looks like a cassette tape.


Proporta makes many other thoughtful ipod & musical device cases, but the hybrid of contemporary technology and the 80s music classic makes the cassette-tape-case extra-special in my nostalgic eyes.

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2 Responses for "secretly a contemporary musical device!"
neato speedo!! that is so cute! i like the old/new fusion as well. just like i like rap songs that incorporate oldies.
:)
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