One question, however, has been resolved: tape or vinyl? Even the most dubious critics find no ambiguity here. The verdict: tape sounds better than vinyl. Period. Not the cassette tapes of Walkman era ...

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 ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. “Digital media is great, but experiencing music is more than just listening to a sound file -- it’s sensual, ...

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 ...

In September 1961, a 20-year-old folk singer named Bob Dylan had no apartment and no record deal. He was, more or less, a complete unknown. One fateful gig at the Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village ...

Responding to what it calls a phoenix-like rise in demand for quarter inch tapes, high-end audio brand Thorens has announced a new reel-to-reel developed with Germany's Ballfinger. The TM 1600 will ...

Open Reel Ensemble doesn't play conventional instruments, like guitars, drums and keyboards. Instead, the Japanese band uses reel-to-reel tape recorders built by Pioneer and TEAC in the 1970s and '80s ...

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WASHINGTON, April 8, 2020 — Crooner Bing Crosby knew a thing or two about sound. In 1947, recognizing that recorded music sounded better on magnetic reel-to-reel tape than on vinyl records, he ...

At heart, 3D printers are just machines that can melt plastic “wire” into interesting shapes. It’s well-known and oft-lamented that plastic of various sorts has been used to make all manner of ...