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How many will listen to tape and vinyl in the next century?

Something between 500 and 1000 people, maybe?
inna
minorl
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The end of this Century is a long time off.  So, who knows what we will be using at the end of this Century.

Remember 8 track players?  they sounded pretty good.  Then cassette decks, then digital tapes, then CD's, on and on.  A really good digital set up vs a really good analog (turntable) setup and in my opinion, the turntable setup still sounds better.  Digital is much closer, but not there yet.

However, I just finished a maintenance job on my cassette deck (pinch rollers, belts, cleaning, adjusting), and listening to my old tapes that I recorded directly from turntables, I have to say, they sound really good.  I'm keeping the tape deck. 

Now to find a Nakamichi Dragon tape deck.  That would be nice.

Also, 1970 In-Violet Purple Plymouth Barracuda.  That is the car from the 70's.

enjoy

inna OP
7,296 posts
 
Dragon is difficult and expensive to maintain, and it doesn't sound better than some others. I suggest 682ZX or ZX-9. The former is a little warmer, the latter has a little more resolution. I use 682ZX almost every day.
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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
Reelin and rockin in the next century with Sony pro portable walkman cassette player. No house power, no interconnects, no fuses, no ground. No problem.
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
Listening to the local classical music FM station with a circa 1975 Marantz 2270 receiver (upon which I am about to perform a complete refurb with new caps and transistors) into a pair of circa 1969 AR 2ax speakers (for which I recapped the crossovers and re-doped the cloth surrounds and replaced with original sourced AR super tweeters).

At this very musical listening moment, I couldn’t be happier.
warjarrett
105 posts
 
Please add me to the pool of audio enthusiasts who love the sound of analog: vinyl and tape just sounds better than ANY music that has been polluted by digital. We believe there will ALWAYS be a series of comebacks for analog. It will come and go in waves, as generations oscillate between romantic and expediant. But, word-of-mouth will continue to spread the mystique of more believable sound from analog, as long as humans inhabit this planet. Records and tapes will remain collectable and desirable forever.
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