I think a cassette fresh out of the case was great, sound quality wise on good equipment, the big complaint was the wear and stretching over time. Then of cours

I think a cassette fresh out of the case was great, sound quality wise on good equipment, the big complaint was the wear and stretching over time. Then of course there was the eating of the tape, which you could recover from usually but there was usually a scar in the sound quality that you’d learn to ignore.