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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 ...
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 ...
Courtesy Uncanned Music Scott McNiece of Uncanned Music calls the Akai GX-635D reel-to-reel deck at Sportsman’s Club “an indeniably sexy machine.” Every so often we ask you to show us something. This ...
Ballfinger is a German-based design group best known for its wristwatches and desk lamps, but at the Norddeutsche Hifi-Tage 2017 audio show, the company showed off a pair of analog audio products that ...
There's no doubt that digital music formats offer a convenient way to listen to lots of music on the move. Factor in on-demand streaming services and you don't even have to worry about running out of ...
You won't see anybody at The Tape Project using anything as vulgar as an iPod. For those guys, even CDs and vinyl aren't good enough, so they've started selling music on reel-to-reel tape. The ...
Variable-speed playback cassette players were already the cool kids on the block. How else are you going to have any fun with magnetic tape without ripping out the tape head and running it manually ...
Lou Ottens was fiddling with a reel-to-reel tape recorder one night in the early 1960s, trying to thread a wafer-thin piece of magnetic tape through mechanical guides so that he could listen to . . .