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Post by boscy on Oct 28, 2023 13:47:09 GMT -5
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Post by boscy on Dec 31, 2023 18:53:54 GMT -5
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Post by boscy on Dec 31, 2023 18:57:38 GMT -5
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Post by boscy on Dec 31, 2023 19:11:39 GMT -5
There are only a few good manufacturers of cassette players today
There are only a few blank cassette tape manufacturers today
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Post by Active Aggressive on Dec 31, 2023 21:22:49 GMT -5
Even for the nostalgia, this one just doesn't make sense. I still have PTSD from that shit.
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Post by ccchui on Dec 31, 2023 22:31:10 GMT -5
Yes I must say I am old enough to remember that Cassette Tape was always cheaper than CD back in the day when I went to the record store to buy new music for my favorite artist. So, I was in shock this year when I saw the price of a cassette tape is even much more expensive than a CD. I think they are now becoming a collector item.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Jan 2, 2024 0:10:21 GMT -5
some of my best rave mixes are on cassette.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Jan 2, 2024 8:40:12 GMT -5
I would venture that 80% of cassette sales are never listened to. Artists are releasing them as novelty collectibles, nothing more. I would say the same for vinyl. It has nothing to do with listening, its just a new line of merch.
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Post by कामसूत्र on Jan 4, 2024 0:40:31 GMT -5
Even for the nostalgia, this one just doesn't make sense. I still have PTSD from that shit. |
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jan 4, 2024 9:21:56 GMT -5
I would venture that 80% of cassette sales are never listened to. Artists are releasing them as novelty collectibles, nothing more. I would say the same for vinyl. It has nothing to do with listening, its just a new line of merch. Disagree about vinyl. While I feel most Gen Z (especially Taylor fans) who buy vinyl don't even own a record player and probably have zero intention of buying one, most people I know actually play their records. |
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Post by clsvltn on Jan 4, 2024 21:28:21 GMT -5
I would venture that 80% of cassette sales are never listened to. Artists are releasing them as novelty collectibles, nothing more. I would say the same for vinyl. It has nothing to do with listening, its just a new line of merch. Disagree about vinyl. While I feel most Gen Z (especially Taylor fans) who buy vinyl don't even own a record player and probably have zero intention of buying one, most people I know actually play their records. Yeah, but to be fair - Taylor is making up most of vinyl sales for the last year lol
I know a lot of people who buy it to collect and I also know a lot of others who do actually listen.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jan 4, 2024 22:50:59 GMT -5
I know a few people who collect vinyl (not many) without owning a record player.
I make it a point to play records when I'm cooking or otherwise hanging out in the living room not watching tv. I have one playing right now (Fumbling Toward Ecstasy). I'd say 10-20% of my music listening is through vinyl these days.
I sometimes play CDs too but don't listen to those as much since the CD player attached to my record player doesn't work. I bought a little boombox 2 years ago that just stopped working one day so I'm treating the replacement one I bought more delicately because apparently they don't make them like they used to (my 30 year old CD player I still have that was sturdy as a brick likely still works except the cord is frayed and I'm not comfortable enough to try to reconnect it myself).
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jan 5, 2024 1:17:50 GMT -5
You're me, LOL. But, I listen to my music primarily from my laptop, so my mp3s and occasionally streaming if I don't have it in my library. Then, I also listen to vinyl in my living room, mostly when I have guests to show off my collection, but occasionally when playing video games.
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boscy
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Post by boscy on Jan 15, 2024 18:50:36 GMT -5
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Post by balletgirlmom on Jan 16, 2024 9:26:23 GMT -5
It has to be for collectors. The tapes often come off the spools and ruin the cassette. I bet most people buy them and never even open and play them.
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Post by boscy on Feb 24, 2024 11:40:55 GMT -5
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