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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 ...

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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 ...

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If you’re nostalgic for Walkmans and boom boxes, or dream about the good old days of making mix tapes, now is your time. Cassette tapes are back, baby. Sales of the retro recordings have skyrocketed ...

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 ...

The tech items Brits miss the most include cassette tapes, film cameras and old MP3 players. A poll of 2,000 adults found 18 per cent long for the return of corded landline phones, while 17 per cent ...

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 ...

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 ...