Today, we live in a world of highly portable, highly functional electronic media devices of incredible capacity. The songs contained on boxes of 45 RPM records of yesteryear can now be downloaded from ...

News that Revox is relaunching its B77 Reel-to-Reel tape recorder as a new MK III model had us delving into the esoteric world of tape innovation, from one-off creations to quirky instruments. The ...

A Japanese experimental music group called Open Reel Ensemble plays reel-to-reel tape recorders from the 70s & 80s as musical ...

JEAN Duff is appealing to any reader who may have a working reel-to-reel tape recorder they no longer need. "I have old tapes of my late father and cannot find anyone who can mend my tape recorder," ...

QUESTION: I have an old Akai reel-to-reel tape recorder that recently stopped working. I need it to be able to play my collection of old four-track tapes. I’ve called around to a number of repair ...

Some audiophiles will tell you that the only way to enjoy music listening with master tape audio quality is to do so using a reel-to-reel tape machine. Audio engineer Kostas Metaxas agrees and has ...

When you think of a tape recorder, you might think of a cassette tape. However, [Michael Simpson] has an old Star-Lite small reel-to-reel tape machine. It isn’t a repair so much as a rework to make it ...

Steve Williams, my ever-vigilant audio guru friend just sent a couple cute links. One is for a site that archives old Radio Shack catalogs. It includes the 1939 catalog, although it is on that ...

My first musical memory is probably my mother singing me a lullaby. It actually is. [He sings.] I think it's Brahms's Lullaby. [It is.] What drew you to become a musician? I was born in a house where ...

M & S has brought its unique design language to bear on the latest ancient audio format to enjoy a renaissance. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

I'm reeling in response to last week's column. That's where push came to shove, and my then-five-months-pregnant wife, who had been mowing the lawn, put the reel mower in my hands. "Surely the reason ...

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