miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I don't think cassette tapes sound "bad"...just saying they weren't that interesting to me anymore for a long time now. having found what I consider better options.
Back in the day...they filled a need.
I had cassette versions of most of my vinyl albums, and to tell the truth, I listened more to the cassettes than I did the albums, but only because we were always driving places and on the move doing a variety of activities, so the cassette made it easy to take out music with us...that was the need the filled...but when I did sit and listen to the same albums on my home stereo...the vinyl albums always sounded way better. I never heard any "magic" with cassettes...the magic was only there because cassettes let me take my music everywhere.
I use to bring a couple of 12V car batteries, a car cassette player, and a couple of medium sized stereo speakers...camping and/or out to the beach. We would have a fire going, some 'erb, a case full of cassette tapes....and yeah, it was magic listening to Floyd, with a full moon and the waves crashing...and the big stereo speakers cranked. With the car batteries, we could get endless hours of playtime compared to a small boom-box and small batteries.
Back in the day...they filled a need.
I had cassette versions of most of my vinyl albums, and to tell the truth, I listened more to the cassettes than I did the albums, but only because we were always driving places and on the move doing a variety of activities, so the cassette made it easy to take out music with us...that was the need the filled...but when I did sit and listen to the same albums on my home stereo...the vinyl albums always sounded way better. I never heard any "magic" with cassettes...the magic was only there because cassettes let me take my music everywhere.
I use to bring a couple of 12V car batteries, a car cassette player, and a couple of medium sized stereo speakers...camping and/or out to the beach. We would have a fire going, some 'erb, a case full of cassette tapes....and yeah, it was magic listening to Floyd, with a full moon and the waves crashing...and the big stereo speakers cranked. With the car batteries, we could get endless hours of playtime compared to a small boom-box and small batteries.