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RIP Lou

I like this quote:
" “Nothing can match the sound of the CD,” he had told the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. “It is absolutely noise and rumble-free. That never worked with tape … I have made a lot of record players and I know that the distortion with vinyl is much higher. I think people mainly hear what they want to hear.”

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/lou-ottens-inventor-of-the-cassette-tape-dies-aged-94/ar-BB1etO...
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jcarcopo
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I was celebrating my 10 birthday in 1985. I got my first Sharp BoomBox with cassette player. My first birthday cassette (picked out by my mother) was Styx Mr. Roboto 😁.

RIP Lou!
A moment of hiss for you sir!
hickamore
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The advent of cassettes expanded my world forever, all thanks to this man. Still got a drawerful of personally curated, carefully titled 90-minute "playlists" in an easy-access drawer plus a functioning player straight into the preamp.

I deem tomorrow Make Believe It's International Cassette Tape Day. Good timing when your streamer and DAC are not on speaking terms.
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jafant
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R.I.P. Lou
kb673
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A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
- Paul Simon
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nonoise
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Thank you, Lou, for your contributions to this hobby that made me an adherent. Pioneers like you don't come around often enough.

All the best,
Nonoise
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