Cassette

This month marks the 40th anniversary of Sony’s first Walkman, the portable music player that would forever change the way we consume music. And while the audio cassette long ago…

The cassette player finally goes Bluetooth

It’s not a joke: Today, Sony in Japan did announce [JP] a portable cassette tape/radio/CD-player. Technically, the CFD-A110 is based on a model Sony introduced exactly seven years ago. The…

It’s not the first device of its kind, but it’s pretty cheap and compact: Japan-based Novac announced [JP] the NV-CR001U today, a player for both LPs and cassettes that helps…

I doubt there are still many music cassettes around but if you happen to own some and want to save your childhood memories on your computer for eternity, you might…

Hardware

Cassette wallets

12:12 pm PST • January 30, 2009

As we enter the final year of the aughts, we need something new to show off how retro we can be. Duct tape wallets are so 2008. Hello Kitty is…

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Bluetooth cassette adapter!

3:30 am PDT • May 20, 2008

We’ve seen a lot of cassette adapters, and we’ve seen interesting Bluetooth devices, but this is a pretty damn cool mash-up. Let’s say you’ve got an old car with a…

I remember seeing a prototype (or something similar) of this kind of device maybe a couple of years ago and thought it was a pretty good idea. For those of…

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iPod Meets Cassette Deck

10:14 am PST • February 12, 2007

When you’re rollin’ on dubs in your Yukon Denali, chances are you’ll want to blast the new Young Jeezy album you pirated off Bit Torrent and on to your iPod.…

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Stick It to the RIAA Like It's 1992

3:19 pm PST • December 18, 2006

Back in the ’90s, I was in a few “popular” local indie-rock bands. These were in the days of analog recording in a digital world, only high-end peecees had CD-R…