For a middle-school music-appreciation class in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in the late nineteen-seventies, our teacher asked each of us to bring in a piece of recorded music to play on 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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. One question, however, has been resolved: tape or vinyl? Even the most dubious critics find no ambiguity here.

Fuse Audio Labs’ Flywheel is a new reel-to-reel tape plugin that promises all the “lush analogue sound” of tape machines of yore with none of the associated hassle. Flywheel isn’t based on any one ...

Whether you’re a collector, an audiophile, or simply an admirer of vintage technology, the Pioneer RT-707 stands as a ...

Responding to what it calls a phoenix-like rise in demand for quarter inch tapes, high-end audio brand Thorens has announced a new reel-to-reel developed with Germany's Ballfinger. The TM 1600 will ...

If you think of a 1960s mainframe computer, it’s likely that your mental image includes alongside the cabinets with the blinkenlights, a row of reel-to-reel tape drives. These refrigerator-sized units ...

ab918c82-0286-11de-a6b2-000b5dabf636.flvConverting tapes into MP3 is quite a formidable task for anyone. First you need a computer. Then you need considerable skills with software and the underlying ...

Reel-to-reel tapes are experiencing a resurgence of interest among audio buffs, but they are prone to degradation, which has been a topic of active research for many years. It’s well known that ...