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The streaming generation is trading Spotify for cassette tapes. But despite Gen Z’s obsession with all things vintage — from flip phones to Y2K fashion reboots like Ed Hardy and Von Dutch — the ...

In an era of music streaming and digital downloads, an old format is once again becoming popular. Modern music audiences are rewinding and hitting play on a cassette tape revival. Stephanie Sy reports ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Steve Stepp knew audiotapes were going to come back before you did, and not just ...

There was a time when cassette tapes were essential. You would rewind them with a pencil and record songs straight off the radio. Then came CDs, MP3s, and streaming, and tapes were tossed in drawers, ...

Cassette and VHS tapes once ruled the world of entertainment — but, just a half-century after they came on the scene, they’ve largely gone the way of the dodo. In 2025, digital media is king. Online ...

My previous daily driver was a 2000 VW Beetle that I inherited from my mom, and the only way to listen to pre-recorded music was by inserting a tape into the stereo. That prompted me to buy a few ...

According to today’s New York Times, "Say So Long to an Old Companion: Cassette Tapes," the cassette tape is dead. Though long anticipated, the end came quickly. The cassette is survived by the CD ...

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 ...