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I’ve talked several times (here, here…),  here about National Audio Company, which is a US maker of audio cassettes. They manufacture cassettes for small bands and even big names (like the Guardians of the Galaxy OST) and they sell blank tapes too. Who makes these new cassettes? Interesting question, indeed, because no company that were […]

  I just want to spread the word about some excellent headphone amplifiers, DACs and other nice gear that one guy is building by himself at Portugal. He is called Miguel but he is known as MFSP Designs, a one-man company that makes handcrafted gear with extraordinary quality. I have not had the chance to test anything […]

If you love cassettes, I bet you’d love this hypnotic video:    

Recently my friend Lorenzo ‘TJ Autoreverse‘ was interviewed by one of the most important TV channels in Spain: TVE (the gobernment channel), where he explains about his collection and his Tape Jockeying -as opposed to disk jockeying-.   You are free to drool as much as you wish

Some people suggested in our forums recently that there are a lot of questions that newbies are asking about cassettes. Something that we, guys who lived for years with them, already know very well but that can be frustrating for young people interested in this matters. For that reason I decided to create a:   Cassette, […]

Some time ago I was offered one of this beast. A friend of mine, who has a wide collection of decks as well as an astounding music room (see it here) had this one and didn’t want to keep it anymore. It was in perfect cosmetic condition but it required a though and deep work […]

I was searching for a 1st generation TDK SA and found some at eBay from a trusted seller. I bought one and I was very happy… until it arrived and I opened it. I realized then that it was a fake tape. A rare clone 1st gen TDK SA. Are you curious? Please see this […]

TASCAM has released a new cassette deck; is that a reason to become happy? Well, let’s see… The new CD-A580 is an hybrid model that combines a CD player, and USB player and a single deck. That sounds great: a new deck released in 2017. It’s been almost 20 years without any release at all! […]

I recently started a thread at S2G forums where I search some someone that wants to exchange some rock. I love rock (specially hard and alternative rock) and wanted to swap. After some work, I ended up with a list of songs that I’ve recorded on a 90 min tape. First I recorded them in […]

Recently I went to Els Encants, a very big flea market here in Barcelona. It’s a very well organized place, very big, with lot of stuff and small stores selling their 2nd hand stuff. There are some antique stores and even a vinyl store. And the typical rubbish men with almost everything you can think […]