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In the late 1960s, the Rolling Stones revitalized their sound with a few drug arrests and a compact cassette recorder.
In the late 1970s, music was loud, shared, and rooted in place — until Sony’s Walkman turned it into something personal and ...
Kevin Courtney takes a walk down memory lane and arrives in the present day looking at a range of retro gadgets ...
Maxell Japan releases a portable cassette player with loads of modern features, including Bluetooth, USB-C, and a ...
The Maxell MXCP-P100 looks no different than any other portable player at first glance. Offered in your choice of black or white, the machine features familiar ...
Maxell Japan has launched a portable ‘Walkman’ cassette player, but its retro audio tech is boosted by modern convenience.
A former lead singer of Montrose's son completes his late father's solo record, despite a sometimes fraught and emotional ...
Today, vintage cassette tape players aren't actually that difficult to find. The catch? You'll likely have to restore them.
But with the original Sony Walkman – the Sony TPS-L2 – turning 45 years old today, it’s time to recognize it for what it is: the most iconic gadget of all time.
Once seen as a musical relic, audio cassettes have survived the eras of CDs and streaming to win over music lovers of a new generation. That’s in large part thanks to the National Audio Company in ...
But defying the odds, cassette tapes have held on. They now enjoy support not only from nostalgic cassette diehards but also from a growing number of new young fans.
(That does help though)And I'm here to tell you that both cassette tapes and Walkmans are back in a big way. I don't mean Sony's reimagined digital audio players such as the Sony NW-A306 either ...