There has always been something to say for the cassette tape. Even if you didn't grow up in the age when a No. 2 pencil was essential to ensure you could wind up your unspooled tapes, the odds are you ...

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If you want to read something from magnetic tape, you need a tape head, right? Or you could do like [Igor Brichkov] and make your own. It looks surprisingly simple. He used a washer with a small slot ...

Q: I was fortunate to be able to record my late father’s answers to questions regarding his family history and childhood back in 2001. It was recorded on a mini-cassette player using an MC-60 ...

The Maxell MXCP-P100 is a portable music player that mixes old-school and modern features. Like any good modern device, it has a built-in rechargeable battery and a USB Type-C port for charging. And ...

That isn’t a line from an ’80s Japan-panic flick. It’s a (slightly adapted) post at Tapeheads, an online forum for cassette tape enthusiasts. Tanashin is a Japanese audio hardware company. Since the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Sony "Walkman" portable tape ...

For a middle-school music-appreciation class in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in the late nineteen-seventies, our teacher asked each of us to bring in a piece of recorded music to play on the ...