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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

"Fresh Air" executive producer Danny Miller and Chief Engineer Audrey Bentham. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY) It was around 2006, and Danny Miller was in a panic. “Ampex, which was the main tape manufacturer, ...

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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If you’ve got a few reel-to-reel recordings of 1940s radio, how do you transfer those to a digital medium? [Evan Long] and his dad used a credit card reader built for the iPhone to transfer a vintage ...

All through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, magnetic tape formats like the 8-track and cassette were audiophiles’ technology of choice. They played high-resolution tracks, had an impressive dynamic range and ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This portable Fi-Cord reel-to-reel ...