Like Debbie Gibson, “Howard the Duck” and other pillars of the 1980s, the once-ubiquitous cassette tape doesn’t get a lot of respect today. If your entire tape collection melted in the back seat of ...

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In case you haven’t heard, Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. Last week, Swifties were given the chance to pre-pre-order a physical copy. But, with the majority ...

It was a carefree yet formative part of growing up. Mix tapes were the ultimate form of personal expression, a curated collection of songs meant to convey a mood or message. Whether you were crafting ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

NORFOLK, Va. — For people of a certain age, cassette tapes bring back a lot of memories -- from your first mix-tape from a significant other, to the unbelievable frustration of trying to tape a broken ...

Click to viewThe next time you have an afternoon free, dig out that old box of cassette tapes you squirreled away in the basement. It's time to resurrect your collection of Phil Collins albums, ...

CASSETTES are growing in popularity in the collectors’ market, which means digging around in your loft could earn you a few quid if you’re lucky. Like any collectables, the value of cassettes ...

One can explain the recent boom in vinyl record sales in terms that make sense to an audiophile: A vinyl record often sounds more nuanced than music in a compressed digital format. But the growth in ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.