Cassette tape sales are at a 20-year high, the vinyl market is on a 17-year growth streak, and CDs have caught the attention ...

Exploring the history of portable music, from the first reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes to the colossal influence of modern ...

For more details, read how we test and rate products. Our current top choice is the beautifully made We Are Rewind cassette player (buy now), which combines a stunning aluminium build with modern ...

This solid-looking update of the classic Walkman form factor doesn’t quite match up to the technical wonders of the earlier era, when players could be literally the same size as a cassette case ...

The CP-81 is pretty basic, even by cassette player standards, and although the see-through aesthetic is once again finding favour in modern electronics (cf Nothing phones, for example), no-one’s going ...

Introduced by Philips in 1965, the "Compact Cassette" offered an alternative to the much larger vinyl record player as well as the 8-track cartridge. Not only was the drive battery-operated and ...

Modern music systems contain an AM/FM tuner, CD player, amplifier and speakers, while older units offered a tape cassette player. Along with standard CD music tracks, they may also play MP3 and ...