He certainly had a philosophy re audio. Wonder what his belief was re if different cassette tapes sound different, something friends and I argued about incessantly when trading mixtapes. BTW, they do!
RIP Lou
I like this quote:
" “Nothing can match the sound of the CD,” he had told the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. “It is absolutely noise and rumble-free. That never worked with tape … I have made a lot of record players and I know that the distortion with vinyl is much higher. I think people mainly hear what they want to hear.”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/lou-ottens-inventor-of-the-cassette-tape-dies-aged-94/ar-BB1etO...
" “Nothing can match the sound of the CD,” he had told the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. “It is absolutely noise and rumble-free. That never worked with tape … I have made a lot of record players and I know that the distortion with vinyl is much higher. I think people mainly hear what they want to hear.”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/lou-ottens-inventor-of-the-cassette-tape-dies-aged-94/ar-BB1etO...
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There is an excellent documentary about the development and rise of the cassette format that features Lou. "Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape" is HIGHLY recommended! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMZIhvxnAg4 The full documentary has been on Hulu/Amazon Prime/Netflix. R.I.P. Lou. Thanks for the tapes... |
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