There's been an unexpected spike in demand for cassettes, and tapes from popular '90s artists, from Pearl Jam to Wu-Tang Clan ...

If you have a collection of old cassette tapes lying around the house, there are plenty of ways you can give them a second ...

There was a time when cassette tapes were essential. You would rewind them with a pencil and record songs straight off the radio. Then came CDs, MP3s, and streaming, and tapes were tossed in drawers, ...

A cassette tape containing a demo of Coldplay's Chris Martin recording a song called "The World is Not Enough" is up for ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Steve Stepp knew audiotapes were going to come back before you did, and not just ...

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 ...

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Music fans, who like to impress their friends with their collection of vinyl records, might feel out of step with hip people who are tuned into cassettes, which have made a such a big comeback that ...

The cassette tape is back! Or at least this is what the organizers of Cassette Store Day, held in September, would have us believe. Cassettes? Really? Let’s play along, if only for nostalgia’s sake.

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

One can explain the recent boom in vinyl record sales in terms that make sense to an audiophile: A vinyl record often sounds more nuanced than music in a compressed digital format. But the growth in ...

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