Cassette forerunners

Once upon a time, in the early days of music recording, there was a young engineer named Max who was always tinkering with his audio equipment. He had a passion for capturing sound in the highest quality possible.

One day, Max was experimenting with a new type of tape reel. This reel was much larger than usual and held much more tape. As he was testing it out, a visiting musician saw the new reel and exclaimed, “Wow, that looks like an old movie reel!”

From that point on, Max’s new tape reels were referred to as “Reel-to-Reel” tapes. They quickly became the go-to method for recording and playing back music, with their superior sound quality and easy portability.

Eventually, cassettes came on the scene, but for a time, Reel-to-Reel tapes were the forerunners of music recording technology. And that is why, when you see a crossword clue asking for the cassette forerunners, the answer is “REELTOREELTAPES“.