Cassette tapes may seem to have been buried by the Internet, but they’re still spinning along, and they even outsell CDs at some underground concerts. As Off-Ramp contributor CJ Greenspon reports, one ...

Cassette tapes are largely viewed as an outdated technology, but they're starting to make a comeback thanks to the very qualities that make them outdated.

The music collection of a 59-year-old Chicago man who attended more than 10,000 concerts and recorded them on cassette tapes ...

In an era of music streaming and digital downloads, an old format is once again becoming popular. Modern music audiences are rewinding and hitting play on a cassette tape revival. Stephanie Sy reports ...

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The $99 Gadhouse Miko Cassette Player blends retro cassette playback with modern features like Bluetooth and USB-C power.

In almost every measurable way, a lossless digital audio file is superior to any analog media. This doesn’t mean that analog audio isn’t valuable though; plenty of people appreciate the compression, ...

You can still walk into music stores in Japan and see albums released on cassettes. I’m not sure which is more amazing: Being able to walk into a music store or being able to buy new music on ...

For Andy Molholt, there’s something oddly special about hitting play on his boombox at the beach. The Philadelphia-based musician tours frequently with his band Laser Background and, between that and ...

As perplexing as it might be, cassette tapes are making a comeback. Much like vinyl's resurgence in popularity over the past several years, cassette tapes are finding their way into retail stores and ...

On a mid-January morning in Springfield, Mo., a tractor-trailer backs up to the National Audio Company’s loading dock and unloads more than 600,000 empty compact cassette shells from factories in ...

One can explain the recent boom in vinyl record sales in terms that make sense to an audiophile: A vinyl record often sounds more nuanced than music in a compressed digital format. But the growth in ...