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

DAT was supposed to replace cassettes, but it became the backbone of 1990s server backups instead ...

If you've ever been intrigued by the mystery of a dusty cassette you found in a thrift shop—or if you're just looking for a new time-sink—you have to check out Intertapes, a website that digitizes ...

In the introduction to “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape,” Phoenix-based author Marc Masters shares a vivid memory of freshman year at college. It’s the first week of school and ...

In 1989, when global annual sales of cassettes peaked at 83 million, people were listening to the Christmas number one, But Seriously... by Phil Collins, on their Sony Walkmans. 30 years later and ...

With a retro look combined with brand new tech, the cassette tape format continues to make a bit of a comeback. We Are Rewind GB-001 is following on from the global smash of the original WE-001 ...

A version of this story first appeared in Gear Patrol Magazine. Subscribe today for more stories like this one, plus receive a $15 gift card to the Gear Patrol Store. Everything old is new again, and ...

Tascam knows some musicians pine for the 'warm' quality of cassette recordings, and it's willing to effectively resurrect dead technology to meet their needs. The company has introduced a 424 Studio ...

Nostalgia for the 1980s and 1990s is pretty strong these days, possibly due to the success of shows like "Stranger Things." The latest evidence that we're heading back to the era of Don Johnson, ...

From Madonna to Nas to The Smashing Pumpkins, valuable cassettes from the '80s and '90s span genres, and one elusive tape is ...

If you ever made – or listened to – a mixtape, please press the pause button for a few moments to mark the passage of Lou Ottens, the engineer who oversaw the development of the cassette tape. The ...