If this year turns out to be epochal in the history of tape recording, as it may, it will not be by reason of any awesome scientific breakthrough. It will be because of a Japanese invasion, now ...

When you think of a tape recorder, you might think of a cassette tape. However, [Michael Simpson] has an old Star-Lite small reel-to-reel tape machine. It isn’t a repair so much as a rework to make it ...

In the early 1960s, technology companies like Phillips began experimenting with condensing reel-to-reel tape players and recorders into something that could be carried around and used by a layperson.

Vinyl revival? Pah. Set your watch back 30 years because Groov-e wants to bring back portable CD and cassette tape players. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player and, with a hefty clack, the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine crackles for a moment before ...