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The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, [2] audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips, the Compact Cassette was released in August 1963. [3]
The audio cassette, better known as the compact cassette, was a marvel of modern science with its introduction in 1968. Music hardware was large and unwieldy before tapes – looking at you reel-to-reel tape (R2R), aka the Mickey Mouse player due to its double tape reels looking like the Disney rodent’s iconic ears.
The Cassette Tape, or Compact Cassette, was first developed by the Philips company in 1962 in Belgium. Philips released the invention to Europe at the Berlin Radio Show on August 30, 1963; the invention was released in the United States in November of next year.
Take a trip back in time with us as we explore the history of cassette tapes, their cultural impact, and why they remain beloved by music enthusiasts today. ...
History. Philips introduced the compact audio cassette medium for audio storage in Europe in 1963, and in the United States in 1964, under the trademark name Compact Cassette.
History of Compact Cassette: The Compact Cassette is a plastic case containing a spool of 3.81 mm magnetic tape spooled between two reels. The tape is run at a rate of 4.76 cm/second. A tape head in the tape player or deck, in contact with an exposed portion of the tape, interprets an analog signal from the tape's magnetic surface.
11 wrz 2013 · In 1963, Philips Electronics officially introduced the "compact cassette," which contained a length of audio tape approximately 3.15 millimeters wide that ran at 1-7/8 inches per second.
