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You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return... -
I was very pleased to find the soundtrack for "The Force Awakens" on cassette a while back.
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Cassettes are the one I just refuse to return to, I totally get why some love this but I had way too many "Vacuum cleaner mishaps" in my car to go back to it.
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I'm actually in need of a new dual cassette deck with a small collection of indy underground tapes from the 80's and 90's (mostly from local bands or those coming through the Euclid Tavern, Cedars and the Penguin Pub back in the day) that I'd like to save and still enjoy. To my naive surprise, you can't even buy a decent new deck… all of the major manufacturers have discontinued product leaving only a few oddball options.
As I continued to search, I learned from tapehead forums out there that the general consensus of audiophiles is to buy and recondition classic equipment. Basically anything post mid-90's is considered destructive to the media and built with poor quality components. That sucks. So if anyone has a source or endorsement on a decent newish product, I'd be appreciative.Comment
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The cassette's growing popularity has spawned a cassette store not far from me. They also duplicate tapes for bands:
I'm with you, Brian. I hate how fragile they are and I actually dislike the sound. I buy music online - I buy records - and I occasionally buy CDs, but I won't go back to cassettes.
A couple of years ago I asked a bunch of 20 somethings who are way cooler than me and own a record store what was going on, and they said:
A) CDs just have a bad reputation, they seem a bit dated and cheesy. People who like physical media generally prefer vinyl. People who like digital music would rather download rather than have to deal with physical media, so CDs basically don't sell because they fall in the middle.
B) Indie bands can dub tapes cheaper than CDRs (which everyone stopped buying anyway) and it's obviously WAY cheaper for them than pressing records.
C) To younger people who grew up with digital music tapes just seem really cool. The cassette trend started before "Guardians of the Galaxy", but I think that helped a lot for sure!Last edited by Brazoo; Jan 25, '18, 10:20 AM.Comment
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That sounds like a cool collection! I only kept a small selection of my old tapes. One short comic box worth. They're mostly either old local bands or demos my friends made, so I totally relate.
I don't know anything about equipment. I guess a thrift store might have some options, but then you have no idea if it will eat your tapes. If there's an indie band scene around you might want to try and find a place that dubs them?
Have you considered trying to digitize them?Comment
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^^ Oh I love me some of Pittsburgh's legendary soul punk pioneers, Thin White Line! Stompin' it up with Knifedance, Sacred Hate and Slam Whitman. Or perhaps a groove night with the Orange Roughies. I also bootlegged lots of shows from the era.
Yeah, I've digitized many, but still have several to go… that's one reason I'm searching for a decent deck. I think my older rips might benefit from newer software I have too. That whole danger of tape-eat is intimidating!Comment
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Man, I hated cassettes but they were a necessary evil for awhile if you wanted portability. I hated how they warped, got eaten in players and had inferior sound (although a few chromium dioxide Type II cassettes I had did sound pretty nice actually). Still better than 8-tracks though!Comment
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This one I don't get, as they really don't provide the heft and artwork like vinyl does. They are the middle hiccup between Vinyl and CDs to me, but if someone loves them...hey, why not?
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I used to have one of them old adapters to allow you to play cassettes in 8-track players for my truck
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I did not like cassettes either. in fact, other than a few, I threw all mine in the garbage years ago. I don't think either side of my dual cassette player even works anymore, although it has been years since I triedComment
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Cassette tapes are like Hanna Barbera cartoons to me. They both hold dear nostalgia. But can’t watch 30 seconds of those cartoons anymore...and the same would apply using cassettes now. Best to remember both fondly, but that’s as far it goes for me...sigpicComment
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When I was a kid cassettes were the stuff! I didn't have my own record player or room for a lot of albums. But I did have my own little cassette player and a lot of story book and cassette sets. Not to mention getting a Walkman in the 80s. Can't listen to your albums at the mall.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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When I was a very tiny tike my very older bro brought over his reel to reel tape recorder to have fun with.
Was the greatest thing ever to be able to record our voices.
By the early-mid 70's cassettes got popular and I got a standard tape recorder for Christmas.
Used to tape Star Trek live off the TV and listen to it under the covers in my bed before going to sleep for the night
Around 1978-ish was the first time I ever heard a cassette on a real stereo.
Bought a department store Sound Design all-in-one stereo and was in heaven.Comment
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