copterske2
Active Member
I like cassettes and cassette players a lot, because they're an electro-mechanical marvel. To get that kind of sound quality out of such cheap, small, and simple mass produced equipment, from the era they're from is really impressive. Reel to reel is a brute force solution.. make it as good as possible, don't take short cuts. Cassettes on the other hand are a polished turd, but near the end it was so well polished you could hardly tell its turd origins.
This made me laugh. And it reflects my feelings about the medium too. They just shouldn't sound as good as they do. And I find the machines fun to operate. I don't know if I would be into cassettes had I not grown up with them, but I definitely enjoy playing/listening to them.