Miniature Tape Recorder and Case
Datec. 1970
Credit LineGift of Richard Costley-White, 2003
Object number2003.018.003
Label TextIn 1964, the Philips electronics company introduced the compact cassette recorder. With better sound quality, greater storage capacity, and practically unlimited reusability, magnetic tape cartridges not only rendered the dictabelt obsolete but cornered the music recording and playback market of the 1970s and 80s.
NameRecorder, Tape
c. 1900
c 1950-1970