A 1/8" inch, analog audio tape format that was widely used for music distribution and home recording. In the past, millions of pre-recorded and blank cassettes were sold each year; however, sales ...

The digital revolution for audio has been a blessing. You've got access to lossless, pristine audio with your smartphone. It ...

Described by some as “Europe’s biggest tech show,” the Berlin Radio Show has long been famous for exhibiting the next big thing in consumer electronics. In 1963, that was the compact audio cassette, ...

Ever felt that music streaming is just a bit too sterile, that your Spotify playlists lack the satisfying clunk of a real button press or the gentle whir of magnetic tape? Then this modern cassette ...

A lot of projects we feature use video in some form or other, but that video is invariably digital, it exists as a stream of numbers in a computer memory or storage, and is often compressed. For some ...

Cassette tapes are on the verge of a comeback as users flock to vintage media, and these five cassette tape players are great for new users.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Steve Stepp knew audiotapes were going to come back before you did, and not just ...

Digital music players and smartphones pretty much caused an extinction event for portable analog audio. But RecordingTheMasters is banking on a comeback for tapes with the launch of Mystik portable ...

Despite having been superseded in functionality first by the compact disc (CD) and then the digital file (mp3 and mp4), the audio cassette retains a special place in the history of audio technology, ...

When I bought the original Apple II with a 6K integer basic and 2K assembler/disassembler built-in, the big choice was between 4K of RAM or 16K. I splurged. But the bigger problem was mass storage. A ...

Lou Ottens, who brought joy to many music lovers with his invention of the audio cassette tape, has died at the age of 94. Ottens started working for the Phillips electronic manufacturing company in ...