DIN head unit looks like an '80s car radio, but there's modern connectivity behind what looks like a tape deck.

[Simon] had found a deck in great condition that was locked out, so he set about building his own controller for it. The build relies on the cassette transport of a car stereo and a VFD display ...

I vividly remember when turning the volume knob in my dad’s old 1994 Volkswagen Golf actually felt satisfying and when finding my favorite radio station required a bit of finesse—and maybe a little ...

With the cassette casing reassembled, there’s nothing left to do but pair it to a smartphone or other music-playing device and push play on the nearest tape deck. As smartphones continue to lose ...

Virtually any cassette-playing machine being made today (and there are still a fair number of them) uses one of these, from a Walkman clone you can buy in Target to a professional stereo deck that ...