Retailing for $595 at launch, the RT-707 redefined the capabilities and aesthetics of 7-inch tape decks, making a significant impact on the world of analog audio recording and playback.

Fundamentally, it’s a basic build, but it does work. We’ve seen other DIY tape decks before, too. There’s something about this format that simply refuses to die. The fans just won’t let ...

Analog recording decks require specialized maintenance, and the tape used for master recordings is vastly more expensive than recording to a hard drive (not to mention the degradation of magnetic ...

A tape "recorder" or tape "deck" generally refers to earlier analog devices, such as a VHS tape recorder. Until the 1990s, analog audio tape was the norm for recording music as well as answering ...

If you’re in to DIY electronics, though, analog delay effects can still be built without breaking the bank, and, as an example, [Matsound] has made a tape delay using an old tape deck and ...