Inside a cassette is a long spool of plastic tape covered with a magnetic medium that holds the recording as analog magnetic ...

Vinyl is experiencing a huge resurgence — we all know this. But a rising tide lifts all ships and it has actually spawned renewed interest in other old-school audio formats as well, including CDs and, ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

Vinyl and cassette sales are continuing to grow, and it looks like the cassette player is getting a revamp now. Just in time for the 40th anniversary of Sony‘s first Walkman, NINM Lab is introducing ...

There’s a certain magic to pressing play on a cassette. That quiet mechanical click. The hum of the spools spinning. The warm, slightly imperfect sound that follows, alive with texture, with history.

There’s been a low-key revival in all things analogue and hissy over the past few years, the inevitable consequence of how modern culture induces a rolling wave of interest in the art, sounds, shapes, ...

Video killed the radio star, as the song goes. But people still listen to radio. Compact Discs sounded the death knell for vinyl, but records have bounced back big time. Digital music players and ...

Vinyl records are said to have a richer sound than digital formats. Unlike listening to an MP3 file, listening to an album on vinyl is an interactive experience. You need to stick around and flip the ...

Play tapes on-the-go with FiiO’s $99 transparent portable audio cassette player with USB-C charging and 13 hour battery life. In the past several years, listening to vinyl records has re-inserted ...

Cassette players have lived in obscurity for the better part of the last two decades. Recently though, at least in the UK and US, they’ve been making a comeback, riding on nostalgia and a fascination ...

Before smartphones streaming music to wireless speakers there were boomboxes. Before pocket-friendly Digital Audio Players or even portable CD players, there was the Walkman. And before playlists, ...

It’s well-documented that getting your music out there, in 2013, is easier than ever. Whether it’s starting a vinyl label, building the foundations of a one-man Bandcamp empire or indulging your niche ...