TAPE recorders cost money. As recreational devices, they have found market, so far, among bird-song enthusiasts, sound maniacs, and cocktail-party gagsters. Now, however, that canny character, the ...

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People went weirdly crazy for the sped-up, squeaky vocals on those original, novelty Chipmunks records, and 50 years later, ...

In our no-nonsense journey through the world of audio technology we’ve so far have looked at digital audio and the vinyl disk recording. What’s missing? Magnetic tape, the once-ubiquitous recording ...

This video is no longer available. For a generation that’s grown up with streaming music, the act of holding a physical recording is something a lot of young music fans have never experienced. My ...

The tape sat unremarkably on a shelf behind the counter, collecting dust for five, maybe 10 years — so much time that Rob Frith says he lost track. Frith, 69, could not seem to recall how it had found ...

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