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I am all for nostalgia and stuff, but one item I don't miss is the cassette. These things failed all the time, the tape would get stuck in annoying places, and

• rwmj 2y ago
  You must have had very bad luck because I used cassettes non-stop for decades and have never had this happen.
• exitb 2y ago
  Like with all analog media, what you get out of cassettes depends heavily on the actual media you use, as well as the equipment. Tape getting stuck or unwound doesn't really happen with quality decks, and the fun part is those are much more affordable nowadays. And as far as the quality goes - well, audio quality was a solved problem a few decades ago. Since then, it's only getting worse. Cassette cannot be better than a well mastered vintage vinyl or CD. It is better though than a YouTube video listened over Bluetooth on crappy headphones, which seems to make most people happy these days. It can, importantly, also sound better than a lot of modern vinyl.
• wazoox 2y ago
  It's mostly dependent upon tape quality and deck quality. With a good deck and good tapes, it was extremely reliable. Cheap tapes and cheap decks OTOH were a nightmare.
• focusedone 2y ago
  Same! My dad laughed at me for getting into vinyl - he remembered it as scratchy and irritating. Cassettes are nostalgic, for sure. I used to sit for hours waiting for whatever song to come on the radio so I could record it for future enjoyment. That was pretty cool. I expect at some point CDs will see a renaissance like vinyl and cassettes. I'm here for that one. CDs were really the high-water mark of enjoying music to me.