Cassettes were my gateway into hi-fi. In my early years, this was my format of choice. Cheap, portable and robust, cassettes were way more accessible to eight-year-old me than vinyl records. I write ...

Vinyl records have been hot for years, and sales have grown to the point that this year they are poised to overtake CDs as the most popular way to buy a physical copy of music. The latest retro music ...

Everyone knows that vinyl LPs have experienced a resurgence in recent years, but it seems that the humble analog cassette tape may also be due for a comeback. With that in mind, a French entrepreneur ...

Vinyl and cassette sales are continuing to grow, and it looks like the cassette player is getting a revamp now. Just in time for the 40th anniversary of Sony‘s first Walkman, NINM Lab is introducing ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It's as easy to roll your eyes at the cassette trend. Just as easy as it was to roll your eyes at vinyl ...

Cassette tapes sales are back in fashion, with sales reportedly at their highest in more than 15 years, with annual growth outpacing even vinyl’s resurgence. To celebrate, tape manufacturer ...

Duran Duran’s 2000 album Pop Trash gets a cassette-only reissue alongside We Are Rewind’s WE-001 Special Edition player, ...

Play tapes on-the-go with FiiO’s $99 transparent portable audio cassette player with USB-C charging and 13 hour battery life. In the past several years, listening to vinyl records has re-inserted ...

Before smartphones streaming music to wireless speakers there were boomboxes. Before pocket-friendly Digital Audio Players or even portable CD players, there was the Walkman. And before playlists, ...

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 humble cassette tape may be on its way back. Despite its shortcomings in audio quality, music fans are rediscovering a ...

A decade ago I was moderately surprised to find that companies like Sony were showing off portable music players at CES, because I figured most people had moved on to using smartphones to listen to ...