WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era?

Many of us didn't have audiophile quality. We just enjoyed the music without all the analyzing. Even when it was BTO fading out midsong so it could ker-chunk and fade back up on the in-car 8-track. Good times.

I actually recorded fm stations. I split my cable signal and ran a line into my tuner and got additional state side fm stations. So I would tape Seattle rock and then with my other tape deck I would record the tape I recorded editing out commercials and station announcements or pause tape, record LP song, pause, back to previous recorded tape, hit record. I would make my own various artist tapes to play in my truck, Walkman, and home stereo. A tedious and lengthy process, so was drinking alot of beer on a Saturday. 

To add, I always taped my records when I brought new ones home and had the big brown slotted suitcase full when I travelled, casette was King for awhile in the 70's. 

@geoffkait, That link is for real?!   Hundreds of dollars for a pre-recorded cassette?   That is crazy!!! 

I taped AM stations on my reel-to-reel in the mid 1960's, waiting for that Stones or Beatles or Supremes song to show up on KFWB and KHJ.  I'd always wait for the weekly Top 40 Countdown (or was it Top 30?) and press the pause button whenever there'd be a commercial...which, yes, was more than often.