THE BETAMAX OF MUSIC

This Little-Known German Device Was Like Vinyl And An 8-Track Combined

It may not have taken off, but the Tefifon is an interesting artifact: the guts of each cartridge are spooled tape, but they're not magnetic. Instead they're plastic with etched grooves, just like vinyl.
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