Q I have quite a few cassettes that I have spent many hours recording. They are from vinyl records played on a turntable to a cassette recorder. They are one-of-a-kind recordings and I would like to ...

One can explain the recent boom in vinyl record sales in terms that make sense to an audiophile: A vinyl record often sounds more nuanced than music in a compressed digital format. But the growth in ...

It has been a long time since we stored software and computer data on audiotape. But it used to be the de facto standard for hobby computers and [Noel] has a great video about the Amstrad’s system ...

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 ...

There’s little that’s more hipster than an audio cassette. Its sound is far from perfect, it’s impractical, and — most important of all — it is easy to see that you’re using one. But that doesn’t mean ...

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 ...

I recently saw an article which identified yet another “trend” among those who like to follow fads: the revival of interest among the so-called “Gen Z” (born 1997 to 2012) in audio cassette tapes ...

The bearer of the bad news is Amber, stationed behind a strip of plexiglass which serves as an ersatz 21st century sales counter. She seems--no, is--befuddled by my request for a Sports Walkman tape ...

Dutch engineer Lou Ottens, who is credited with the invention of the audio cassette tape, has died aged 94. Ottens started working for electronics manufacturer Phillips in 1952, and by 1960 had been ...

Let's rewind to the days before Ottens' creation. Audio tape was a beast to deal with. It was recorded and played on open reels of spinning quarter-inch tape, tape that would have to be threaded ever ...