by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 11/05/2017 at 10:03
by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 11/05/2017 at 10:03
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Personally, I won’t be messing with them.
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"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
11/05/2017 at 10:18, STARS: 3
This one is a step too far. I enjoy records, but the sound quality is decent when they’re clean and played with a good needle.
Like VHS, cassettes were always annoying, even when new. We used them because we had no reasonable alternative, not because they were good.
The one positive I can see is that I still own one car with a cassette deck (because nobody makes a modern radio that would look even close to stock) and it is getting hard to find used tapes in good enough condition to play.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
11/05/2017 at 10:31, STARS: 0
All the car stereos in my cars that played cassettes, the decks have failed and I’ve replaced them. I am surprised that cassettes can make any sort of reprise at all, especially when you consider that the recording itself won’t be analog. Beyond gimmickry, what’s the point?
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
11/05/2017 at 10:32, STARS: 2
The only thing cassettes had going for them over vinyl was portability. Let them die and get a turntable.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
11/05/2017 at 10:38, STARS: 0
I need some for the Camaro, though, since I don’t have $300 for one of those stock looks stereos, and I’m not putting a modern one in it.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
11/05/2017 at 10:40, STARS: 2
Blame star Lord
"Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker)
11/05/2017 at 11:03, STARS: 1
That is literally what started this back up. I remember watching a video of the owner of the last cassette factory saying business has tripled since he made the tapes for that movie and it was only going higher.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
11/05/2017 at 11:03, STARS: 1
I don’t really get it either, but if I can replace my well worn Grand Funk Railroad best of with a new copy, I’ll probably do it.
The problem is the rubber belts in cassette decks dry out or stretch over time. Basically, any one over 15 years old or so has either had that happen or it is about to happen. I had mine replaced for about $20 to keep the stock unit working.
If RetroSound ever does a single DIN version of the Newport, I would be tempted though.
"InFierority Complex" (lanciere)
11/05/2017 at 11:04, STARS: 4
"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
11/05/2017 at 11:11, STARS: 4
While there are legitimate reasons to use some outdated tech - e.g. manual transmissions - a cassette was always a compromise. They were compact, cheap to make, and produced acceptable sound quality for most car stereos and headphones. You could record at home but it sounded like shit on most home-recording equipment. Even if you had a friend with a 4-track to record your band in the basement or garage, it still wouldn’t sound right because the medium was designed to be cheap, quick, and easy.
Now for less than the inflation-adjusted cost of a brand-new Fostex X-15 in 1985 ($350 then is about $850 now), you can get a decent multi track recorder, a good amount of software, and a Chromebook to save the recordings. Plus most of them have SD slots so you can save hundreds of tracks on a piece of media the size of your thumbnail. With things like SoundCloud and other online publishing, you can go from record to release in a matter of hours if you want.
There is absolutely no reason to bring back cassettes. I understand the nostalgia of vinyl but no cassettes. Please.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
11/05/2017 at 11:12, STARS: 0
Real nice-sounding Kenwood head units from Crutchfield for $100 or less and conversion kits. But I understand the desire for stock look.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
11/05/2017 at 11:19, STARS: 1
First of all, manual transmission is outdated technology??
Second, I don’t take issue with anything you said, but I think you ought to include a mention that all of the recording(s) would have been analog in the days of the cassette and would not be now. Probably nearly everyone would be unable to hear the difference, but though subtle, the difference is significant. I think it’s a topic worthy of consideration.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
11/05/2017 at 11:39, STARS: 1
I don’t want to make it look any newer than it does. It’s got an 80s tastic Super Tuner. It just needs some tapes and some speakers. We had a ton of them somewhere, but- surprise- we lost them.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
11/05/2017 at 11:49, STARS: 0
Well, it kind of is, but in the same way that straight razors and hand rolled cigars are outdated. There’s a more modern, more efficient way to get the job done, but plenty of reasons to appreciate the old way.
"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
11/05/2017 at 11:51, STARS: 0
Is there room in the glove box to mount a hidden head unit? That would let you keep the stock unit in the dash but get modern functionality.
I’ve also seen them under the seats, but those can be even harder to access if needed down the line. You also risk rear seat passengers getting their feet into wiring.
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
11/05/2017 at 12:03, STARS: 0
Not really. Not if I want to use the glovebox, anyways.
"McMike" (mcmike)
11/05/2017 at 12:56, STARS: 0
I bought a box of them many years ago for my home studio. I’ll never go through them because washed up musician.
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I was digging through unlabeled tapes the other day and found some shit I didn’t remember.
"Thomas Donohue" (tomonomics)
11/05/2017 at 13:40, STARS: 0
Why can’t we have nostalgia for cassettes? It was the perfect, inexpensive medium for portable/car audio, home recording, and creativity...not to mention copyright infringement and bootlegs! And who didn’t have a favorite cassette that melted on their dash?
Giving someone a custom mix-tape will never be equaled by sharing a playlist via email or social media.
And then there’s always this.....
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"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
11/05/2017 at 14:51, STARS: 0
Nostalgia for cassettes is like nostalgia for malaise cars. The medium itself is terribly flawed and built on compromise but a lot of people loved it because it was all we had.
I remember the suitcases of tapes my uncles had tucked behind the passenger seats of their cars. By the early 90s the suitcases were replaced with giant Case Logic CD books. And then between the late 70s and the late 90s - when CD burners and MP3s became ubiquitous - they were the only way to give someone a mix tape.
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For most people, the cassette was a transitional medium. The only people I see flocking back to it are hipsters who didn’t grow up in that era and forgot how terrible they were. Come to think of it, That also explains the love for malaise cars lately. Because a 150-horsepower Corvette that hasn’t been junked or cut up into a race car will have value just for the fact that it still exists.
Although, late C3s have good looks going for them. Cassettes don’t. Vinyl albums are big enough for good cover art. You can get picture discs. CDs are decent enough with those, too. But cassettes with fold-out lyric sheets that never lined up with the tape holders and ripped..
"Thomas Donohue" (tomonomics)
11/05/2017 at 15:12, STARS: 0
I don’t think you know what nostalgia is.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
11/05/2017 at 17:46, STARS: 0
The cigar is the more apt metaphor.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
11/06/2017 at 07:06, STARS: 0
if i want to use one, i’ll have to find a machine to use them on
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
11/06/2017 at 07:31, STARS: 0
Same.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
11/06/2017 at 14:49, STARS: 0
I have like 100 cassettes....