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You ought to make a record. Lots of people with talent dream of archivally documenting their talent. Other folks want to compile all their favorite tunes on one disc. Most settle for cassette tapes. A ...

The Denon Electronics DN-C550R dual-drive combination CD player/CD-R/CD-RW recorder shown at the 11th AES convention was developed by the company in response to the rising popularity of dubbing and ...

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The early 2000s were the halcyon days of physical media. While not as svelte as MP3 players became, why are those early 2000s machines smaller than all the new models popping up amidst the retro audio ...

A highly capable player which achieves much by doing little. At a first listening, its sound may not seem immediately outstanding, but on longer familiarity its confidence is most impressive. Why you ...

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Internet audio portables will soon evolve into player/recorders whose batteries will operate for up to 30 hours in playback mode, technology developers told TWICE. Portable player/recorders will ...

An attractive feature set, appearance and price don't quite compensate for a rather dry sound that lacks some detail and could do with rather more bass control. Enjoyable, but it lacks some finesse.

The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...

Although it wasn't initially intended for the general public, the first commercial audio CD recorder made its debut in 1991 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention in Las Vegas ...