CBGrey (Chris)Oh, come on, people...we gave up these old formats ASAP because they sucked!
"How to Start a Cassette Collection in the 21st Century"
technical debt jubilee@cbgrey lol. Can't wait for the follow up article: "tape noise getting you down? A review of Dolby-A and B processors for your ridiculous technology fetish"
13 barn owls in a trenchcoat@cbgrey analogue vs high sample rate digital war breaking out in the comments in 5, 4, 3...
@HauntedOwlbear With enough quality cocktails I _might_ be convinced that there's “something about analog” but never from cassettes.
I'm also a photographer and see similar (re)discovery of analog with film. I do get that digital can be too perfect sometimes. Cassettes are like going back to Disc film though. Some things should die and stay dead.
@cbgrey I think there's something to be said for the tactile experience and unique manipulability of tape as a format, but I have to say that my cassette players don't get much action beyond archiving rare releases. I don't even make overcomplicated mixtapes anymore.
I do still use chrome tape in some recording projects where I'm doing (almost) the whole thing on 80s or 90s hardware, but that's a quest for a specific sound, rather than fidelity.
For modern cassette collecting I suspect the appeal is that it's a small, relatively inexpensive tangible version of music that sounds better than than a 128kbps free Spotify stream.
@HauntedOwlbear Excellent thoughts and I'm fascinated that you use vintage gear this way. Impressive.
I get the ceremony and "feel" reasons for some stuff (vinyl, film)...but cassette was just such a bad format. Now if someone wants to go reel-to-reel tape…. :)
I get the ceremony and "feel" reasons for some stuff (vinyl, film)...but cassette was just such a bad format. Now if someone wants to go reel-to-reel tape…. :)