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Pre recorded cassettes still around?

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Posted on April 15, 2014 at 09:31:53
BCR
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 When I went to this site to order Lp to my amazement they offer cassette,have not seen these in over 20 years!
Dawn McCarthy & Bonny Billy: What the Brothers Sang (DC555)
Dawn McCarthy & Bonny Billy
What the Brothers Sang
LP/CD/Cass/MP3/FLAC
Drag City/Palace Records Released 2013-02-19 Catalog # DC555 /PR54
LP $18.00

Compact Disc $12.00

Cassette $8.00

MP3 Download $9.99

FLAC Download $10.99

Al

 

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RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 15, 2014 at 09:57:52
John Elison
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 Eight dollars seems like a lot of money for a cassette. They have the lowest fidelity and the highest noise floor of all the other choices. Furthermore, most of us no longer have a cassette player.

Maybe someone found an old inventory of pre-recorded cassettes they are trying to dump. If you want your music on the cassette format, you will achieve much better fidelity by recording your own cassettes from vinyl or CD. That's what I used to do and they sounded noticeably better than any pre-recorded cassette that I ever bought.

Best regards,
John Elison

 

RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 15, 2014 at 10:13:34
BCR
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 I know that. What was funny is that it is a new recording not something that has been around from years ago.

 

RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 15, 2014 at 10:18:29
Frinky
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 Dang! No 8-track version, I guess?

 

Pre recorded audio cassettes are making somewhat of a comeback (link)., posted on April 15, 2014 at 10:20:42
viridian
 Some prefer the softer sound of audio cassettes compared to other portable media, some are in it for nostaliga and some because it is terminally hip. See link below.

Of course, those whose focus in on resolution will turn up their noses. But, IMHO, resolution is too often stressed over tone and dynamics.

I think that 8-track has lower fidelity yet, but I still prefer the sound of 8-tracks on my modded player.

 

RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 15, 2014 at 10:36:19
Condorsat
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 Never liked the Cassette tape . Was glad to see it become obsolete and fade away into obscurity. Vinyl (for me) is another story entirely ... I guess it just depends on what you like.

Liked the 8 Track format better than cassettes back in the day ... but I no longer own a player.


 

Yes! That., posted on April 15, 2014 at 11:01:02
MannyE
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 Feel the same way. But hey, I also like 78 records and I'm sure many people said the same thing when 33.3 came along about them.

 

RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 15, 2014 at 11:19:05
Not Yet There
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 Most flea markets sell used pre-recorded cassettes for $0.50 cents

 

RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 15, 2014 at 12:23:51
Fred J
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I'm holding out for the rebirth of Edison's Wax Cyl, it'll doubtless be
even more low fidelity. ;-)

I was a cassette fan, that said the prerecorded cassettes were
the absolute pits, they used really crappy bulk tape and compressed the living shit out of the recordings

 

Yep- you can make hi-fi cassettes, but they aren't cost effective to mass produce., posted on April 15, 2014 at 12:38:13
Bry
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 A new interest in 7" reels would be pretty cool, though.

 

Mobile Fidelity used to make them. nt, posted on April 15, 2014 at 12:42:27
viridian
 nt

 

I might have agreed with you ..., posted on April 15, 2014 at 12:46:34
Dave Pogue
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 ... until I got a 3-head Nakamichi BX300 late last year. I bought it to play the 75-odd cassettes I had taped of off-air jazz performances (Jazz Alive, etc.) back in the 70s and 80s. Found that many of them sounded remarkable.

So I tried playing some of the commercial tapes I had from that era and found that, holy cow, they sound pretty damn good. How did that happen? Now a favorite stunt is to have one of them playing when an audiobuddy arrives, without telling him the source. Jaw-dropping ensues.

 

RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 15, 2014 at 12:47:41
BCR
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 Yes,but this is a new release! That's why I thought it was unusual.

 

I'm still enjoying my cassette deck as well as the..., posted on April 15, 2014 at 13:21:33
kootenay
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reel to reel. I just got my Revox PR99 MKII from its restoration project about 3 weeks ago. The sound has improved considerably after the caps replacement and the brand new relapped heads.



 

RE: I'm still enjoying my cassette deck as well as the..., posted on April 15, 2014 at 13:29:42
John N
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 I still have the same Nak cassette deck you have. I bought it about 20 years ago since my wife had a lot of casettes that she had recorded that she was very fond of.

 

The Nakamichi RX-505 cassette deck..., posted on April 15, 2014 at 13:52:34
kootenay
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 will almost last a life time especially if you look after it well. Mine is in pretty good condition considering its age.

Just for kicks I did some recording on it from Krell Evolution Cipher SACD player, the sound was just as good with no tape hiss noise using the Dolby C noise reduction.



 

I have a NAD 6300 deck & 300 or so commercial cassettes., posted on April 15, 2014 at 14:28:43
Rick W
 The NAD was an $800 deck back in the early '80's. Hey, lottsa good music, and the sound ain't bad at all. I certainly have no plans to get rid of the deck or cassettes.

 

RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 15, 2014 at 14:51:41
Crazy Dave
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That is coming. That will be the ultimate in hip! I found a Wollensak 8-track player at a thrift store and would have bought it, except it looked like it had been thrown off of a truck!


Dave

 

Same machine here, posted on April 16, 2014 at 16:23:33
kavakidd
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 same (non) plans as well
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain

 

RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 16, 2014 at 18:12:58
cactuscowboy@bresnan.net
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 There has to be a very tiny market for new releases on cassette.

I was at a local thrift today and picked up two pristine pieces of vinyl, a Virgil Fox LP (late 1980s German import) and an early 1960s Elvis picture sleeve 45, along with three cassettes. The cassettes were $0.25 apiece. The store manager, a good friend, in all seriousness, asked if I'd want to haul off (at no charge) their entire inventory of cassette tapes? No, I declined. There were about 500 cassette tapes there and I only wanted three. For those curious, the three tapes I did buy were: Jesus Jones "Doubt", Mastedon "LOFC Audio", and Drivin N Cryin "Fly Me Courageous.

 

I sold my last cassette player years ago. No looking back on that format for me. Ditto VHS. nt, posted on April 16, 2014 at 22:01:45
Elizabeth
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RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 17, 2014 at 08:10:32
Kindablue
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 I never enjoyed the sound of pre recorded cassettes, found some from france and Germany that were much better but I record blues shows off the radio and I am not going to listen to CDs. I dont like the sound Also I own two Historic cars and put in cassette decks and enjoy them while driving. Just dont ever leave them on the seat of your car they will melt into all kinds of shapes. Just my enjoyment. My cassette deck is over 30 years old and have always enjoyed it for that purpose.

 

RE: Pre recorded cassettes still around?, posted on April 17, 2014 at 08:25:35
BCR
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 I just thought it was unusual that a new recording would be available on a cassette. Don't you?

 

What? Never heard of Cassette Store Day?, posted on April 19, 2014 at 01:37:28
jusbe
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 I bought a couple a few and will do so again his year if it keeps going. Still enjoy my decks and am discovering new music, which is the point.


Big J

"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."


 

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