Editing Cassette deck (section)

=== Roots ===
<!--This includes amplifier and speaker. So this is NOT cassette deck.  [[Image:RadioShack-ctr-119.jpg|thumb|right|A typical portable desktop cassette recorder from RadioShack]]-->

The first consumer tape recorder to employ a tape reel permanently housed in a small removable cartridge was the [[RCA tape cartridge]], which appeared in 1958 as a predecessor to the cassette format. At that time, [[reel-to-reel]] recorders and players were commonly used by enthusiasts but required large individual reels and tapes which had to be threaded by hand, making them less accessible to the casual consumer. Both [[RCA]] and [[Bell Sound]] attempted to commercialize the cartridge format, but a few factors stalled adoption, including lower-than-advertised availability of selections in the prerecorded media catalog, delays in production setup, and a stand-alone design that was not considered by audiophiles to be truly hi-fi.<ref name="rca cartridge">{{cite web |url=http://blog.dianaschnuth.com/details/audio/cartridge.html |title=RCA Cartridges: 1958 - 1964 |last1=Cook |first1=Diana |last2=Morton |first2=David |publisher=Diana Cook |website=A History of Magnetic Audio Tape |access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref>

The ''compact cassette'' (a Philips trademark)<ref name=BILLREP1 /> was introduced by the [[Philips]] Corporation at the [[Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin]] in 1963<ref>[http://www.harsmedia.com/SoundBlog/Archief/00793.php Mourning and Celebrating 50 years of Compact Cassette] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009015801/http://www.harsmedia.com/SoundBlog/Archief/00793.php |date=2013-10-09 }} - SoundBlog, 23 March 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.</ref><ref>"Rewound. On its 50th birthday, the cassette tape is still rolling". ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. 12 August 2013. p. 56-57.</ref> and marketed as a device purely intended for portable speech-only [[dictation machine]]s.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} The tape width was {{frac|1|8}}&nbsp;inch (actually 0.15&nbsp;inch, 3.81&nbsp;mm) and tape speed was {{convert|1.875|inches|cm}} per second, giving a decidedly non-Hi-Fi frequency response and quite high noise levels.<ref name="cassettes 1963">{{cite web
 | url =http://blog.dianaschnuth.com/details/audio/cassette.html
 | title =Cassettes: 1963 - present
 | last1 =Hinman
 | first1 =Doug
 | last2 =Brabazon
 | first2 =Brabazon
 | date =1994
 | website =A History of Magnetic Audio Tape
 | publisher =Diana Cook
 | access-date =25 October 2016
 | quote =Cassettes were originally disdained by audio critics as very low-end technology&nbsp;... a very low perceived potential for sound reproduction}}</ref>