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Resurgence of Cassettes

Posted by layman on October 6, 2011 at 07:20:25:
I came across two recent articles documenting the resurgence of Cassette tapes.

http://www.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/the_way_we_listened_then/

http://mattparish.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/cassette-tape-revival-boston-globe-7-23-10/

The Stereophile article takes a flippant tone of "why?" "Why bother with cassettes (vinyl is bad enough)?"

If you read the second article or know anything about the music scene these days, you'll know the answer is quite simple.

Cassettes actually sound better than digital sources. I found this out when I got a cassette player six months ago. The sound quality of the cassettes beats all my digital sources.

Indie bands who are using cassette as a preferred medium actually want you to listen to a whole album rather than download a single song. Cassettes encourage listeners to listen to the whole album.

Moreover, cassettes are cheap and easy to produce.

There you have it. No mystery. Cassettes turn out to be a simple and pragmatic way for indie bands and new artists to promote and promulgate their work. Plus, cassettes sound good. I am glad that I got a player six months ago.

If anyone knows where I can buy pre-recorded cassettes from the pre-digital era (1970-1990), I would like to know about it.