Part 4 of 7 about vintage audio talks about the benefits and drawbacks of reel-to-reel tape decks. Get the reel truth about R2R here. Part IV of our podcast series on vintage audio is focused this ...

Check out a spy movie from the 1960s or ’70s, and chances are the hero’s bachelor pad is furnished with an impressive stereo system featuring an analog tape deck. No other piece of hi-fi gear has as ...

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 ...

The Analog Audio Design TP-1000 Reel-to-Reel Deck will hit your wallet hard at $20,000 and is playback only. With that in mind, Analog Audio Design, has been getting a lot of attention for its $20,000 ...

In the early 1960s, technology companies like Phillips began experimenting with condensing reel-to-reel tape players and recorders into something that could be carried around and used by a layperson.

In our no-nonsense journey through the world of audio technology we’ve so far have looked at digital audio and the vinyl disk recording. What’s missing? Magnetic tape, the once-ubiquitous recording ...

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, ...

The TP-7 is an expensive nostalgia trip, but I want it anyway. The TP-7 is an expensive nostalgia trip, but I want it anyway. is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet ...

Classic cassette tapes may not be as trendy as vinyl or even CDs but they’re still making some noise. According to recent reports, sales of the analog audio format have increased each of the last ten ...

There is a misconception that high-end audio equipment is by necessity aesthetically lacking or—at the very worst—tacky. Case in point: eBay recently began running a commercial in which a man on a ...

A total of 59 audio reels were saved from the Cuttlefish project. On them are things like teachings from elder Bill Tcheripanoff in September of 1977 who was recorded talking to Unalaska students ...