These featured two loudspeakers through which you can hear the music that comes from a cassette tape or CD. These took the form of boomboxes, cassette players and CD players.īoomboxes played music through its built-in cassette players, radio and CD player. Ms of music players before the MP3 player came. The MP3 player allows its users to bring it around easily and to play music anytime and anywhere. Hearing MP3 files is also possible through earphones, headphones, and speakers. You can hear these files through the MP3 player’s built-in speakers.