That is understandable, to some extent. Though, I never see that as the listed reasoning. The closest that I see is that it's about the whole experience of load

That is understandable, to some extent. Though, I never see that as the listed reasoning. The closest that I see is that it's about the whole experience of loading the record and examining the jacket and linear notes while listening. Well, that and cassette players aren't really all that interesting - at least not to me. A mechanical watch can be a thing of beauty. A cassette player probably could be, but I haven't seen one that is. Though that makes me wonder if someone would buy a cassette player that was made so you can see the internal mechanisms in action and with the mechanical pieces being milled from things like brass. An ornate mechanical cassette player engineered for precision, if you will. Anyhow, beauty and art is subjective - so I could understand someone finding the mechanical workings of a cassette player to be interesting and enjoyable. It may even be more enjoyable to someone who didn't live through those years and has mostly been exposed to all digital devices. Though, I don't think I've ever seen that as the justification. Of course, they don't need to justify it for me. They can do what they want. I just find it strange. Though now I'm kind of curious about a precision made cassette player that has exposed mechanical components. I bet someone would buy it.