Cassette

Cassette Also known as audiocassette, or musicassette, the analog-audio cassette was introduced by Philips in 1963 as dictating-machine technology. Once introduced into the world of high fidelity, it was supposed to replace the reel-to-reel or open-reel format, and the awkward eight-track tape cartridge. While it did not displace analog open reel at the professional recording level (digital recorders eventually did, however), it came to dominate the audio-hobby oriented, home-recording field…