Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. One question, however, has been resolved: tape or vinyl? Even the most dubious critics find no ambiguity here.

Whether you’re a collector, an audiophile, or simply an admirer of vintage technology, the Pioneer RT-707 stands as a ...

Fuse Audio Labs’ Flywheel is a new reel-to-reel tape plugin that promises all the “lush analogue sound” of tape machines of yore with none of the associated hassle. Flywheel isn’t based on any one ...

With more than 40 years of audio, preserving and archiving the hundreds of interviews, reports, specials, and programs produced by NPR is no small task. It gets even more complicated when old ...

Open Reel Ensemble doesn't play conventional instruments, like guitars, drums and keyboards. Instead, the Japanese band uses reel-to-reel tape recorders built by Pioneer and TEAC in the 1970s and '80s ...

Reel-to-reel tapes are experiencing a resurgence of interest among audio buffs, but they are prone to degradation, which has been a topic of active research for many years. It’s well known that ...