If you REALLY want to go crazy try looking at prices of genuine Nakamichi tapes on eBay.
Good for a laugh.....
Good for a laugh.....
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Anachronistic enthusiasms always hit the dead end of original context. Cassette was invented to lift the hassles of LP. CD was invented to lift the hassles of cassettes. Computer-based formats were invented to lift the hassles of CDs. Go back to your earliest surviving, coherent Maxell cassettes -- in my case, home-recorded in 1977. Quickly you'll remember that what on cassette requires precisely-timed rewind, fast-forward, or tedious record-over, can now be accomplished at the touch of a remote player button. Sound quality? As noted by OP and many others, cassette is great. Heard some obscure gems from 30-40 years ago that sounded better tonight than ever before. This old analog cassette medium is divine. The knock on cassette is not sonics. It's hassle, outright impracticality, and, come to that, obsolescence. If you have cassettes that you still want to hear unedited, that still turn at the intended speed (Maxell, most likely), and still own a working player with working remote, then by all means incorporate the old device in your current system and use as desired or needed. Otherwise? Put all available desired content on a digital playlist, click by remote to a good DAC and beyond, and spare yourself a world of hassle. |
If you REALLY want to go crazy try looking at prices of genuine Nakamichi tapes on eBay. I have several hundred sealed blank cassettes left over from one of the last stores I owned. A lot of various brands. I was on E-Bay just looking to see what some of them were selling for. I have a couple of cases of the Teac CRC-90 tapes that look like tiny reel to reel tapes. I auctioned off 2 tapes that were still sealed, but had small tears/rips in the wrappers. They sold for $130! People are crazy for some of these... |
Crazy town alright..... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nakamichi-ZX-C90-Cassette-Tape-Type2-NOS-NEW-Japan-Metalloy-Metal-Blank-SEA... Yes it sounds like Mofi is sitting on a veritable goldmine.... Good for him though! |
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