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Just saw this at NBCNEWS.com
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Make room for the cassette revival. The manager of my local wreckit stow says the neck-beard types up the road in Brooklyn have moved on to tape.
Given that existing tapes and cassette players are not getting any younger, expect prices to climb as the little cartridges get gobbled up by the decks, thus reducing available selection and making the remainder that much more collectable.
They (the local shop) still sells a few used and new-old stock, though the fad hasn't hit the Jersey Shore yet. Give it time, though - Slayer's new one was released in a limited cassette edition, and Cassette Store Day is coming up!
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Wow.....how cool. I still have my two Nakamichi decks that I've kept up since they came out ....a BX 125 and a BX 300. I also have three packages of 3 TDK Metal tapes as well as a full carton of TDK Type II.
Never throw away an old technology when it's still functioning and is the best deck in the world......too bad I didn't go for a Dragon : (
Tom B.
If you're gonna use tape, go R to R.
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. It's only difficult for others. It's the same way when you're stupid.
Hell yeah!
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Disgusted by low-fi mp3 files, he will lead the campaign to return to the vintage format. A rebuilt Sony Walkman will be a must-have hipster accessory.
a myth
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
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you will hear lots of noise since most of them have no idea how to set up a turntable or have any idea how to care for LPs.
In addition most of what I have heard and seen are used tables with worn out cartridges. No consideration of replacing the stylus. Needless to say no moving coils in this crowd.
You will be listening to some of the worst music reproduction you have ever heard and the young one will remark how it sounds just like the performer is in the room.
The irony is they would get better sound from CD for a similar outlay of money but the power of fashion is irresistible to these folk.
Most of the records will be used and very used at that. If they buy something new I cringe at the thought of the damage being done but I guess we should be glad they are fueling the market. But that is why they always mention the pops and clicks because, as you know, the newsreader has never heard a good LP player and what they have heard has half record noise and half what was embossed by the press.
Hi, Rick,
What you say is true, for the most part, but it needn't be so. What if we vinylphiles put on local workshops that showed newbies how to maintain a turntable, set up a cartridge, and care for records and the stylus? Wouldn't have to be like the vinyl-paloozas that Mr. Fremer puts on but a simple workshop geared for the beginner might be appreciated by the crowd we so quickly criticize. Yes, for many of them it may be a passing fad, but for those that might become future vinylphiles, a helpful jesture of welcome might convince them to take this hobby more seriously. Good for them and good for us all.
Regards,
Tom
when I tell them how a turntable needs to be level, the tracking force set, and the stylus kept clean they scoff - too much trouble and, often, ask what difference would that make? Well, it seems so obvious but not to them. When I got my first turntable at 15 (of course, an AR) I just knew it had to be balanced - all it takes is one look and the barest minimum of obvious physics, did not have to read a manual.
This has nothing to do with the enjoyment of music - it is about "what this says about me" just having a turntable and some old records is enough for entry into yet another club for followers of one thing or another.
I am always trying to get younger folks interested in the hobby. Never have had any luck. It is too much trouble when you have so many phone calls to make or I should have said text messages to send, read ...
For most of those guys the only thing that has to be horizontal is the broad they are trying to impress with their hipster gear. You are misguided in your assessment of the purpose of the turntable. If the dude gets laid for owning one, it could be hanging from the ceiling, he could care less. Kinda think of it, if i hang my SP-10 on the ceiling would it get me more tail?
dee
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
quote by Kurt Vonnegut
Later Gator,
Dave
You hit it out of the park on that one.
Power is always dangerous. It attracts the worst and corrupts the best ... Ragnar Lothbrok
Set-up and fine adjustment of the turntable is everything. Any decent TT with a new cart can sound fabulous, if done right. $300 for a 'table and about $100 for a cart, and a digital gauge that measures grams is all you need.
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. It's only difficult for others. It's the same way when you're stupid.
yeah, i saw that and it wasn't the usual surface story.
...regards...tr
I'm glad that the pressing plant does quality control and seems to take pride in their product.As for those that poo-poo the upswing in vinyl, you are mistaken when you say that most get played on tinker toys. The audio industry is selling more quality turntables than any other item. It is what is buttering the bread of the audio industry right now.
Sure, there are those that will buy and destroy, there always was and there always will be, but the resurgence is real and the enjoyment is too!
Finally, I doubt that this is something that has much more room for growth and may be at its apex, but it certainly makes me happy and, as a side note, has given artists a way to protect their music and make money. Which is something they lost with digital and down loads.
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