WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era?

I'm a cassettes  collector to have about  2,000 and 10 cassette decks Nacks,Pioneer,Harmon Kardon and others.

Very nice Limo!
I did have three Nak decks but just down to one fully restored by Willy Herman ZX-7 for now.
And about 600 pre recorded tapes and 100 self recorded tapes atm but always looking for more good tapes......

CDs are like methadone (Heroin substitute) for the music junkie. Cassettes are the heroin.
The 50 most expensive cassettes sold last week,

http://www.valueyourmusic.com/most-valuable/cassette/last-week

@mhztweaker. Were you a professional technician? How did you find spare parts? I have a Nak Dragon that is clicking rather than playing a tape. Wonder if parts avail and where to get repaired?

We used to label are tapes ( Maxell XL 90,s, TDK SA 90,s) LoonyTunes 1,2,3 or RoadTrip 1,2,3 ect for the obvious reason, long trip in the 4x4 to are favorite hunting or fishing expidition.

We,d record them from lp or cd because they sounded a lot better then pre recorded and random play of different tracks from different groups made for great listening. This is probably why I like streaming vs cd’ random play.