In the early 1960s, technology companies like Phillips began experimenting with condensing reel-to-reel tape players and recorders into something that could be carried around and used by a layperson.

This vintage Sony Tape Recorder Ad from 1967 boasts about their new videotape recorder that "goes anywhere you go". I definitely take the ease of my iphone camera for granted.

This presents a dilemma for the cassette tape enthusiast. When it comes to portable cassette players, you have the unpleasant choice of paying $300 for a very nice restored Walkman from Japan on ...

Aiwa–it`s pronounced like Iowa–was one of the first Japanese companies to export portable tape recorders to North America in the early 1960s, even before the cassette. Aiwa`s technology and ...

Part 4 of 7 about vintage audio talks about the benefits and drawbacks of reel-to-reel tape decks. Get the reel truth about R2R here. Part IV of our podcast series on vintage audio is focused this ...

On July 1 of 1979, Sony first began to sell the TPS-L2, first known as the Soundabout and soon rechristened the Walkman. This original Walkman wasn’t the first portable tape player, but it was ...

SMB Bearings helps Soundlock Engineering repair vintage tape recorders Established in London, Soundlock Engineering repairs, services and refurbishes old sound equipment. The company was recently ...

Danny R. Grimes, Longtime Nagra Sales Executive, Dies at 63. He rose to become U.S. sales manager for the company, known for its portable tape recorders used for making movies.

The portable recorder can handle either 468 or 911 0.25-inch analog tape, its DC motor will operate at 15 IPS only and, as you might expect from a Metaxas creation, the GQT is a work of art as ...

Sony sold more than 200 million Walkmans from July 1979, when the devices debuted in Japan, until the music stopped around 2010.Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba and Bose no longer sell audio tape players ...