We checked out the new generation of portable, Walkman-style cassette players to find out if an old-school audio format could really replace streaming services.

I agree, and analog tape can be used to create great sounding high-definition digital masters. That's not true of the vast majority of recordings that are being made today; most are limited to 48 ...

The allure of analog: Why the Pioneer RT-707 reel to reel is so sought after. advertisement. ... From 1977 to 1981, Pioneer ...

4. Forget Finding the Tape Machines—Nobody Had Any Tape 20 Years Ago, Let Alone Today. The argument against analog tape gets worse, folks. Finding new, two-inch analog tape is pretty tricky. Many ...

But it was also in the 80s that the same company and person responsible for this new analog darling, the cassette tape, also had a hand in creating the format that some might call its nemesis. Suzanne ...

The VHS mold cleaner is a fairly simple machine. A 3D-printed case holds two spindles each attached to a motor, where you place the VHS spools that were taken out of the VHS shell. The analog tape ...

While the new versions are remastered from analog tape copies that had not been EQed, the original tapes of Aja and Gaucho are believed lost. The main reissue will be pressed to at 33 1/3 RPM.

To me that’s the language of analog mastering of off-the-master tape, limited batch releases, and at Mofi for the last few years at least, that hasn’t exactly been the case.