Pittsburgh — Though Gabriel Dominic-Dunlap didn't grow up with cassettes, he's now a collector who can be seen sporting a personal tape player.
The 20-year-old Duquesne University student only discovered an enthusiasm for the format, which hit peak popularity in the 1980s, within the past few months. He carries tapes from his small collection with him to listen on his way to class and while walking around town.
"The retro aspect is kind of cool, but it's definitely just the feeling of being able to take out a cassette album, flipping it around and the sound of it closing in," Dominic-Dunlap said. "You hear the mechanisms turning when you first play it and fall in love with it."
Similar to the resurgence of vinyl records — though to a lesser degree, sales-wise — the two-spooled, magneti