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In Reply to: RE: why the interest in cassette decks and reel to reels posted by 3db on October 03, 2007 at 08:16:54
Since I am in the car a fair amount, I listen to books on tape, lectures on tape, classes on tape, and of course, music on tape.
When I replaced the factory stereo in my car a number of years ago, cassette decks were still fairly common in cars (even though CDs were probably already dominating) and I had a lot of music on cassettes, so I got a head unit with cassette that hooks to a CD changer in the trunk.
I was delighted to have the cassette unit when I later attended school - most lecture or study aid series were still predominantly being published on cassette tape at the time - this was 2001-2004. By the end of school, these, too, had completely switched to CD, but in the meantime, I'd made good use of my commute time, listening to lecture and review tapes which unquestionably improved my understanding of the material and the grades I received.
Though the market for these types of titles, like music, has gone predominantly digital (lectures are now available on Podcast, review recordings are published on CD), a lot of libraries and especially discount sellers (like Half Price books) and re-sellers of every stripe have tons of program material on cassette, and it is dirt cheap compared to CDs, if you can even find it on CD.
That's the bright side, in my opinion, of the mass rush to digital - it leaves loads of music, books, all kinds of things, available on analog formats (vinyl, cassette) very, very inexpensively.
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