The trend for all things retro shows no sign of stopping with Y2K fashion, flip-phones and episodes of Friends as popular as ever. While record players and vinyl got their comeback, VHS, floppy discs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's as easy to roll your eyes at the cassette trend. Just as easy as it was to roll your eyes at vinyl 15 years ago, easier ...

Last year, the Walkman turned 40 and cassette sales were the highest for 15 years. How did Sony mark the occasion? With an admittedly rather good Android-flavoured music player, announced in September ...

A British maker has built Pi-powered tapes that re-create our physical connection to music for the Digital Age. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen ...

The internet is having a retro romance with “the world’s first cassette player with Bluetooth 5.0 capability.” Dubbed “IT’S OK,” the fresh take on the classic tech has already exponentially surpassed ...

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.

Cassette tapes sales are back in fashion, with sales reportedly at their highest in more than 15 years, with annual growth outpacing even vinyl’s resurgence. To celebrate, tape manufacturer ...

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 ...

Cassette players and tapes are fertile hacking ground. One reason is that their electromechanical and analog nature provides easy ways to fiddle with their operation. For example, slow down the motor ...

As Sony retires milestone music player in Japan, "The Conversation" looks back. Oct. 25, 2010 — -- The Sony Walkman is about to go mute, but it's not because the AA batteries are running out.

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 ...