Those are correct observations . Cuz that.. Cassette tapes have ruined many a tape player .
Anyone remember the more advanced cassette players that would stop at the beginning of a song if you were rewinding or fast-forwarding? Lots of them were featured in car cassette players, presumably to minimize driver distraction.
I’ve been going through some of my old cassette tapes (some over 30+ years). Much to my surprise, some of them still play. I even have an old mini-system I still use. CD/Tape/AM/FM. It’s a Panasonic. I’ve had it for 20 years or so.
ROTF! Cassette revival??? This is the first I’ve heard of this. What is it with younger generations embracing outdated technology?
When do Model T’s with hand cranked starters come out. I can’t wait to get one of those! I so look forward to having to vigorously crank that sucker every time I want to go anywhere - and run the real risk of breaking one of my arms while doing so!
I miss Reel-To-Reel tapes.
What’s a pencil?
First vinyl was selling again and now cassettes. There also was a boom in Polaroid type cameras and in fact Polaroid reissued some of their cameras and even started making the film cartridges again. Gen Z is on a quest for authentic experiences and somehow the cassettes craze fits into that.
Because they are so original—but couldn’t revive records since the Millennials already did that.
What’s next after them, 8-tracks?
I remember eight-tracks. They would interrupt a song to switch tracks.
Growing up playing an instrument to songs was rough. First it was lift and drop a needle on an LP to replay the same song over, then rewinding reel to reels, then fast forwarding 8 tracks all the way through back to the beginning of that song again, then reversing cassettes to replay the song again. Kids now days got it easy, just loop a digital track.
Just lift the needle and place it in the correct Grove.
Or is that a little to “Old School”?
If it is a singer you like just put the tape in and play it. I still have some cassettes but don’t insist only on my favorites to be the only ones. if I like the artist, I like the artist.
If it is a singer you like just put the tape in and play it. I still have some cassettes but don’t insist only on my favorites to be the only ones. if I like the artist, I like the artist.
There were a few high end boxes that had a feature that let you jump forward to a particular song. It looked for dead space on the tape.
And the ability and willingness of the Gen-Z'ers to understand and follow the instructional advice of their more experienced elders.
They never heard of cassette decks that has AMSS (automatic music search system) or other similar type of music systems that find pauses and start the music at the pauses.
“We need to bring back terrible audio quality”
I just discovered that I have two 5-1/4” floppy disk drives stashed away. Is there a renaissance of 35 year old computer technology going on too?