TomHall

I can't believe I even looked back....

Dave I own an almost equal amount of each format [CS,CD,Vinly] and I'm not biassed towards one or the other, but I do think that cassettes hold their own [still], they server a purpose the others can't and they're hear to stay. I also understand that in the past perhaps you never had the pleasure of receiving a mix tape and that my love for the format stems 1stly and for mostly from the fact that at a young age I had the ability to do what I wanted with audio, record and mix it how I wanted and with pretty much no $.

I also own a number of quality playback devices and speakers which all get used across these formats and have recently been surprised by the depth and 'dynamic range' that some of the cassettes coming out of National Audio Co have been achieving, if you like I can recommend some?. Thanks for your input.

here we go....

I am a sound engineer. I often edit together radio programs that contain interviews made on cassette. They are crap.>

verbal interviews recorded onto tape (probably from live to air) - is that really your point?

Try a properly prepared audio file dubbed at National Audio Co. and get back to me. Seriously I'm hearing some pretty rich and vibrant stuff on CS lately, I am surprised I have to admit.

Your concepts of the difficulty of assembling the media are backwards. Cd is easiest, then cassette, then vinyl.>

Agreed, that's what I said didn't I!

Have you considered the possibility that the audio system you are listening to is probably a great heap of doggy poo?>

I know a good system from a bad one, trust me ;) Whilst they're not studio monitors (which I have an array of), it is an 8 Speaker factory (Car) Bose System with factory match CS player.

MP3's sound transparent and thin no matter the setup/EQ CD's OK CS's on par with CD

Obviously a cassette played regularly over time suffers a level of degradation but none more than a CD played the same amount of time.

Personally I think that they sound great (obviously recorded on a mono porta recorder with old heads they going suffer) they're got more 'life' than a CD's flat digital vibe and they a hell of a lot more portable than LP. They have there place and they're not going anywhere.

I disagree

It may be an admirable gesture on the part of the artist to distribute their work in a cheap, funky and collectable way, but there is always the implication that the work itself doesn't deserve the care and attention that a vinyl album or CD does.>

Actually it costs more to make cassette than CDs. The sure as hell look better, there tactility is appealing and more often than not they outlast CDs.

The Audio quality is dependent on where you get them duplicated. But I've seriously heard some cassettes in the last year that have far more depth and feeling than CDs and definitely more than Mp3s through the exact same audio system.

I would say in terms of difficulty of getting a format made it would run VINYL > CASSETTE > CD

The fact that you can record over a cassette tape, or wipe it altogether, also implies that its content is of a transient, disposable nature.>

Have seen plenty of CDs at the ops shops lately.

Even back in the '80s, buying an album on cassette (as opposed to viny) pretty much marked you as someone who didn't really give a shit about the longevity of the music or the medium.>

Size? try carrying 10 LPs around in the car and playing them?

The only advantage of cassettes back then was the novelty of portability.>

Not really a novelty right? (see point above)

Ghetto blasters and the Walkman were the ancestors of mp3s and ipods. Why move backwards?>

When did you last listen to a cassette? It's seriously only as backwards as vinyl trending.

I say they're here to stay (definitely given the amount of tape labels in LA alone) but we're also desperately in need of a new format, given the quality of the technology and the bit rates people are tending to record at today, we're loosing half the sound going back to any of these formats!

love the Ansett plane, those were good planes

makes me miss Brisbane

Stonefield: ‘We Don’t Listen To Mötley Crüe’>

they actually 'do', you left out the 'really' M&N

they were pretty forgettable at the Hollywood Bowl last month yawn

BUM CREEK - Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhh!

Black/doom/death metal are one big conglomerate non-stop blowjob anyway. Yipee!>

Fuck yeah! I'm waiting for mine to start...........