TalismanRich
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Has anyone else watched this documentary about the history of the cassette? It's got interviews with one of the original designers of the cassette, Lou Otten, who also worked on the CD. He created the cassette to be "foolproof" because he disliked fooling around with threading a reel to reel.
There are also a bunch of musicians, like Henry Rollins, many waxing romantic about putting together tapes, or listening to tapes, etc. Interestingly I don't think I heard any of them really saying that the sound quality is so great. It's more about the memories, like looking at old pictures taken with those dreadful Kodak 110 Instamatic cameras. They were great because you could throw it in your pocket, and pull it out an snap a picture of your girlfriend at the park. You didn't have a mess of lenses, no metering to slow you down. Cassettes were the same. Convenience and portability were the essence.
It's available on TubiTV, Prime and other places. For those interested in this bit of history, you might want to check it out.
There are also a bunch of musicians, like Henry Rollins, many waxing romantic about putting together tapes, or listening to tapes, etc. Interestingly I don't think I heard any of them really saying that the sound quality is so great. It's more about the memories, like looking at old pictures taken with those dreadful Kodak 110 Instamatic cameras. They were great because you could throw it in your pocket, and pull it out an snap a picture of your girlfriend at the park. You didn't have a mess of lenses, no metering to slow you down. Cassettes were the same. Convenience and portability were the essence.
It's available on TubiTV, Prime and other places. For those interested in this bit of history, you might want to check it out.