"I used to judge the quality of music by whether I could make a 90-minute cassette and not repeat any artists."

John Hughes

What? Another old audio format is making a comeback? Yessiree! If you want to be hip, then dust off your old Sony Walkman. But like me, you've probably dumped all your old cassettes along with your floppy disks and Trivial Pursuit. These days, my pocket can carry the same amount of music that drawers and drawers of cassettes can.

Tags: Analog, Cassette, Maxell, LP, vinyl, 8-track, High-bias, Tascam, Portastudio, Hip-Hop, Noise reduction, dolby, DBX

"As so much music is listened to via MP3 download, many will never experience the joy of analog playback, and for them, I feel sorry. They are missing out."

Henry Rollins

There's a growing trend in the music business - recording to reel-to-reel tape. Wait, I thought we got rid of that when we went digital. The truth is, it never went away. Much like the recent boom in sales of records and film, reel-to-reels are gaining new fans and bringing back old ones.

Tags: Analog, Digital, Recording, DaW, John Mellancamp, Taylor Swift, Jack White, Lenny Kravitz, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles, vinyl, LP, ATR Magnetics, George Clooney, Amy Winehouse, DSD