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 ...

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Some audiophiles will tell you that the only way to enjoy music listening with master tape audio quality is to do so using a reel-to-reel tape machine. Audio engineer Kostas Metaxas agrees and has ...

Reel-to-reel tape machines are hugely outdated these days. Justifiable reasons to use them are dwindling. Unless you are like Wouter van Veldhoven, in which case you are a tape-machine wielding ...

Today's addition to our things-we-didn't-know-we-needed-until-right-now list is an old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape recorder. Despite prerecorded tapes not being sold since about 1976, audio ...

News that Revox is relaunching its B77 Reel-to-Reel tape recorder as a new MK III model had us delving into the esoteric world of tape innovation, from one-off creations to quirky instruments. The ...

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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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 ...

QUESTION: I have an old Akai reel-to-reel tape recorder that recently stopped working. I need it to be able to play my collection of old four-track tapes. I’ve called around to a number of repair ...

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 model BK-416 “Soundmirror” is a ...

JEAN Duff is appealing to any reader who may have a working reel-to-reel tape recorder they no longer need. "I have old tapes of my late father and cannot find anyone who can mend my tape recorder," ...