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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 925: The History of Portable Music, Part 2

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments DAT, DCC, MiniDisc, Portable Music, Streaming

There were three moments when I remembered looking at something in my hand realizing that it was going to change

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This old cassette machine plays digital music. It’s a cool way to fake out your friends.

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassette, DAT, DCC

There were a couple of attempts to bring cassette technology into the digital era. The first, Digitial Audio Tape (DAT)

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Music News 

The Story of Sony’s Failed Giant Cassette Tape

January 10, 2017January 9, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments DCC, Elcaset, Failed Formats

The early- and mid-70s were an amazing time for innovation in the home stereo industry. People were still making the

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Music News 

Forgotten Formats: Who Remembers the Digital Compact Cassette?

August 24, 2016August 23, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment DCC, Digital Tape, Philips, Sony

Before recordable CDs became a thing (they told us the technology would never happen on a consumer level because it

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