Audiofiles that are looking for a timeless way to capture and listen to audio via tape, may be interested in the Ballfinger Reel-To-Reel Tape Player which is available to purchase priced at a whopping ...

All through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, magnetic tape formats like the 8-track and cassette were audiophiles’ technology of choice. They played high-resolution tracks, had an impressive dynamic range and ...

Today, we live in a world of highly portable, highly functional electronic media devices of incredible capacity. The songs contained on boxes of 45 RPM records of yesteryear can now be downloaded from ...

News that Revox is relaunching its B77 Reel-to-Reel tape recorder as a new MK III model had us delving into the esoteric world of tape innovation, from one-off creations to quirky instruments. The ...

There's no doubt that digital music formats offer a convenient way to listen to lots of music on the move. Factor in on-demand streaming services and you don't even have to worry about running out of ...

Ballfinger is a German-based design group best known for its wristwatches and desk lamps, but at the Norddeutsche Hifi-Tage 2017 audio show, the company showed off a pair of analog audio products that ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. One question, however, has been resolved: tape or vinyl? Even the most dubious critics find no ambiguity here.

With more than 40 years of audio, preserving and archiving the hundreds of interviews, reports, specials, and programs produced by NPR is no small task. It gets even more complicated when old ...

You won't see anybody at The Tape Project using anything as vulgar as an iPod. For those guys, even CDs and vinyl aren't good enough, so they've started selling music on reel-to-reel tape. The ...

Reel to reel was the pro choice for studio recording (with the finished products released on vinyl or cassette, although CD rose to prominence as the 90s approached), while the typical home recording ...