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Cassette Tapes

ctwo

ctwo

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What to do with them? About 100 commercial and as many copies.

I played a few in my tape deck and while they still play, you know how they sound.
 
ctwo said:
What to do with them? About 100 commercial and as many copies.

I played a few in my tape deck and while they still play, you know how they sound.
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You could burn them to digital and use eq in your computer or car head unit to reduce tape hiss to some degree.
 
I was thinking of cassette tapes recently because today we listen and watch, but there is no physical representation of that media. Something to hold and look at the art.

My son got a Yoto player that brings these back with these cards.

The media is stored on the player, and the card is just RFID card that tells it what to play, so not the same, but kids get to collect and make cards like the old days.



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GAJ said:
You could burn them to digital and use eq in your computer or car head unit to reduce tape hiss to some degree.
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It is way easier to just get the digital version of the songs, which is what I've done. I've been using MP3 files since the end of the 90's and they're way better than my cassettes ever were. Mainly I like to put together playlists of various types which is super easy with digital. I'm listening to my biggest playlist as I'm typing this (1600 "favorites").

I have a box of cassettes stored someplace in my house and another box of CD's too. I ripped the CD's long ago and have no reason to touch them again. All of my music is on my computer hard drive organized so that I can quickly find everything.

So what to do with the old cassette tapes? Leave them in a box and let your heirs toss time out after you die. :laughing
 
Killroy1999 said:
I was thinking of cassette tapes recently because today we listen and watch, but there is no physical representation of that media.
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I was thinking about this a while back, thinking how its essentially impossible to give music as a gift anymore. Before you'd get the album or tape or CD, wrap it up, and "Merry Christmas".

Nowadays, that doesn't really work. I don't even know if you can buy an album on Amazon. You can ship them the CD, and Amazon lets you download the MP3, but not sure how they would claim it.
 
berth said:
I was thinking about this a while back, thinking how its essentially impossible to give music as a gift anymore. Before you'd get the album or tape or CD, wrap it up, and "Merry Christmas".

Nowadays, that doesn't really work. I don't even know if you can buy an album on Amazon. You can ship them the CD, and Amazon lets you download the MP3, but not sure how they would claim it.
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Bingo
 
Throw them away. The commercial tapes are lousy quality. And any tapes you recorded are likely lousy as well.

I had a lot of tapes I made using my Nakamichi tape deck. I would buy a vinyl record, play and record once, and then put the vinyl away. All were recorded on my Nakamichi ZX7, using the best metal tape and Dolby C. I trashed them all.
 
If one is lime green and has no markings put it in and enjoy some UFO.

The most distinct cassette I ever had. Wore that out in my Camaro. Almost as fast as the tires.
 
Funny back in the day when my truck was stolen, I lamented the loss of one of a kind cassette recordings than the actual truck.

I did, at least, have the front plate of my 3 week old $400 stereo, however! Minor solace.
 
I was going to digitize them. Out of 3 tape decks, the only one that plays right is the JVC. It's a double deck so it could play two tapes sequentially. I bought that deck at the old Sunnyvale Frys, the black and white building if you know. It had a low ceiling and was dark inside so you could really enjoy all the equipment lit up. It was weird. I almost bought the Technics.

It's not the hiss so much as the warble. And then anything I could just find on YouTube.
 
Everyone thinks I'm nuts.

I just got a new (to me) deck.

Nakamichi RX-202.

It automatically flips the tape over...

Look it up...It's hella cool...
Sure, I wish it was the 3 head 505...But they're pricey.

:teeth
 
Unfortunately so many tapes were stored improperly, in cars and garages. Humidity and heat destroys them.
 
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