Cassette tapes were a major way of listening to (and recording) music througout the 1980s and 1990s and were in every hi-fi stereo, boom box, and passenger vehicle of the era. Their decline was ...

though it did not significantly impact the cassette's standard playback experience. In comparison, C90 cassettes, which offered 45 minutes per side, used a thinner tape measuring approximately 10 ...