tape player

noun

: a machine that is used to play sound that has been recorded on magnetic tapes

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The story goes that Grobstein, who died in 2022, was one of the only Cubs reporters to use a tape player to record press conferences and interviews. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 One of the performances plans to include a cassette tape player. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2024 Equipped with an elite audio system that features Klipsch Forte speakers, a vintage reel-to-reel tape player, and vinyl turntable, Bar One Fourteen provides guests an unparalleled listening experience in an environment like no other. — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024 Unlike a record player—or the reel-to-reel tape player—the boom box was both portable and commensurate with the scale and the volume of the city. — Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023 Each of these capsules sported a bed, a fold-out desk and a reel-to-reel tape player, and they were marketed toward businessmen who regularly overnighted in Tokyo. — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023 Using a portable tape player and loudspeaker, Berger plays sounds of wolves howling or ravens cawing. — Mark Wheeler, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019

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“Tape player.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tape%20player. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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