There are a few reasons why you might be searching for the best cassette players. Maybe you’re on a retro kick, looking to separate yourself from the cold, soulless world of streaming digital music.

Sam is a journalist based in Vancouver, BC. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in English literature with a minor in Creative Writing, cutting her teeth through her ...

Inside a cassette is a long spool of plastic tape covered with a magnetic medium that holds the recording as analog magnetic ...

There has always been something to say for the cassette tape. Even if you didn’t grow up in the age when a No. 2 pencil was essential to ensure you could wind up your unspooled tapes, the odds are you ...

Video killed the radio star, as the song goes. But people still listen to radio. Compact Discs sounded the death knell for vinyl, but records have bounced back big time. Digital music players and ...

Everyone knows that vinyl LPs have experienced a resurgence in recent years, but it seems that the humble analog cassette tape may also be due for a comeback. With that in mind, a French entrepreneur ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It's as easy to roll your eyes at the cassette trend. Just as easy as it was to roll your eyes at vinyl ...

An American Trilogy? Not quite, but it is a lovely duo from two respected names in analog audio – and I could have Such a Night with either of these products in honor of what would be Elvis Presley's ...

(CNN) -- The cassette should have died. Instead, it's turning 50 in an atmosphere of celebration. Whether it's Cassette Store Day, new releases or simply nostalgia, the old tape cartridge isn't going ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. The cassette tape was created in the 1960s and became a household ...