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Cassettes No Longer Being Stocked? [message #13936]

Thu, 10 May 2007 05:58

Ricardo
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Registered: May 2009

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I read today that major stores will no longer be stocking cassette tapes. I guess it's time to stop, but I do have some nostalgia for cassettes.

I used to store digital memory on them from a Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 synthesizer and Drumtrak drum machine, too.

Is everybody here ready to say goodbye to the format?

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Re: Cassettes No Longer Being Stocked? [message #13937 is a reply to message #13936]

Thu, 10 May 2007 07:04

colinhester
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Location: NE Arkansas

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You'll always be able to find cassettes. I wouldn't worry too much.

I just bought my first reel-to-reel yesterday for $15 at an auction. Too bad I didn't know the r2rs were going so cheaply. I could have had pre-recorded tapes for pennies apiece - and there were about 1000!

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Re: Cassettes No Longer Being Stocked? [message #13938 is a reply to message #13937]

Thu, 10 May 2007 08:39

Ricardo
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That sounds like a great price, colinhester.

I'm curious - What do you plan to do with it? I'm sure it would be useful for some audio effects with another system, if nothing else.

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Re: Cassettes No Longer Being Stocked? [message #13939 is a reply to message #13938]

Fri, 11 May 2007 00:04

colinhester
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Haven't the first clue what I'm going to do with it. I have about 1000 78s that I might transfer to r2r, but that would take forever. I just couldn't pass it up at that price

......Colin

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Re: Cassettes No Longer Being Stocked? [message #13940 is a reply to message #13939]

Mon, 14 May 2007 06:41

Ricardo
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I agree. You can't walk away from that price.

You must have a lot of music that's out of print on those 78s! Have you thought about transferring them to digital recordings? I know it would be very time consuming.

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Re: Cassettes No Longer Being Stocked? [message #13941 is a reply to message #13940]

Mon, 14 May 2007 11:42

Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001

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I've got lots of cassettes because I use them in my Olds. I wanted to keep the stock dashboard, which meant I couldn't use a CD faceplate. I have a nice casette recorder that makes very high quality recordings, so it's pretty good. I also keep a Panasonic reel-to-reel deck in good shape because I think it sounds great.

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Re: Cassettes No Longer Being Stocked? [message #13942 is a reply to message #13941]

Tue, 15 May 2007 08:35

Ricardo
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Hey Wayne. Keeping the vintage tunes in the Olds is definitely a nice touch, and I think cassettes are already nostalgic so that will just get more interesting.

I used to have a four track Akai deck but I traded it in years ago before I got into using it much.

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Re: Cassettes No Longer Being Stocked? [message #13943 is a reply to message #13941]

Wed, 16 May 2007 07:39

colinhester
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Do you know a good source for R2R music? All the ones I've heard in recent years were muddy sounding and/or the highs seriously rolled off.......C

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Re: Cassettes No Longer Being Stocked? [message #13944 is a reply to message #13943]

Wed, 16 May 2007 11:09

Wayne Parham
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I've never purchased prerecorded music on reels. I always record my own. I record my favorite vinyl albums on reel-to-reel tape, then can play them often without wearing out the records.

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