Cassettes still rock!

I  feel sorry for those of you who can't enjoy great CD derived music sound. DACs and players have greatly improved since their inception.  

Hmm.
Maybe I missed something here?

I don’t remember saying I don’t enjoy superb digital replay, just the opposite in fact.

However I also vastly enjoy superb analog replay INCLUDING Cassette replay.
Now yes the numbers for consistency on Cassette are lower than vinyl or cd but that’s just on pre recorded tapes.

Some of my home recorded efforts sound quite a bit better than a fair percent of the pre recorded tapes. And some nearly on par with vinyl.
I don’t think anybody is claiming Cassette is superior media in any way, just that it’s not all bleak as some would have you believe.

But hey everyone has a different perspective and that’s just hunky dory.

Yes, I agree as to making one’s own live recordings on premium quality cassettes can render superb sound.  I recorded probably 300 LPs onto cassettes prior to 1995 and they sound very good, not as good as my RR LP transfers.  But as to nearly all of my 550 per-recorded cassettes-it’s bleak sound on a high end audio system.  I am addressing @geofkaitt.  

Agree about RR--my RR LP transfers are not only still good but far better than any of my recorded cassettes--unfortunately i had more cassettes than RR tapes but the cassettes i recorded that are still acceptable are preferable to me than taking a chance on buying the CD--i initially began to replace all of my destroyed vinyl with CD--this was early-mid-90s and i don't think they had yet made many good quality CDs yet--i stopped buying them when i became discouraged with the sound--so yes, you've been smart/lucky--but once i discovered streaming a couple years ago i can do that first and then play the cassette and see which i like better.  And much of the time the stream is better, esp with MQA--Besides, with Willy Hermann gone my decks will probably crater soon and forever in this dry AZ air...

Why do you say “ with Willy Hermann  gone”??

Did you mean when he goes?

He literally just restored my zx7, like 6 weeks ago and I spoke to him on the phone 4 weeks ago.

?  I guess i believed an earlier poster who said he had retired.  I just fired off an email to him.