Don’t call it a comeback. Cassettes were a staple of Eighties and Nineties pop culture, and although they became rather obscure and vintage with the rise of smartphones, they never really went away. Sure, you can stream music, but contemporary artists — from The Rolling Stones to Ariana Grande — have started issuing their music on cassettes as a nod to the original portable music plugin. Paired with the iconic boomboxes, cassettes are fondly known to be loud, delivering a lot of boom for your buck.