2pints-mate 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I was just reading this bbc piece "10 uses for audio cassettes" which says that sales are dwindling. I didn't even know they sold them anymore! Quote: Sales of audio cassettes are dwindling, but what use is there for the estimated 500 million tapes gathering dust? I like number 6 - MAKE BELT BUCKLES Anyone use them? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Only Fattwins and Ewok2 Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I don't have a tape player anymore but I still have those mix tapes I can't play. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 ha ha. I was just thinking about this yesterday. I was rummaging through the supply cupboard at school and found some blank tapes. I couldn't believe they were so big! I haven't played a tape in YEARS Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I found some tapes recently but realised that I don't have a player! Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 it's weird how technolgy changes. i remember having one of those stero systems with a tape deck and cd player. my housemate has this ridiculously huge home entertainment system, but we don't even have a radio in the house. the other day i was trying to listen to something on the radio, and ended up having to hook up my laptop to the speaker system, and stream it through the internet. vinyl was given a new lease of life through dance music, but now that club DJs can mix CDs and and mp3s, turnatables and vinyl will be the next thing to die. i wonder if you'll be able to buy CDs in 10 years time, and if there'll even be music stores? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 and I thought vinyl died a long time ago, popping up only in very rich collections belonging to people who collect gramaphones. Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I think I finally got rid of them...but I still have VHS! Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Yes, I still use them - still have a pile of old cassettes that I like to play at times. Analog sounds way better than MP3/MD, tape hiss and all! Don't record on them, though. But playback on a good deck thru a good system is fine Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Quote: and I thought vinyl died a long time ago Far from it. I think I read that there is actually an increase in the number of releases on vinyl. Some people love it. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 yeah but they'll probably cost 10 times a CD does. Plus the grammaphones are really high end stuff costing 2 arms and 2 legs. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted May 11, 2007 Author Share Posted May 11, 2007 Not the point. There are lots of vinyl snobs out there now There's a few vinyl only shops opened in the last year that I know of. They may be more expensive but to some people they superior to the cold sound of the CD. (Sounds like a load of bollocks to me, but... ) Link to post Share on other sites
Poppie 0 Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 I don't own any cassettes and don't have a player either. They still sell blank tapes at the electric shop in my town but I can't remember ever seeing albums on tape for sale for a long long time. Link to post Share on other sites
swordsman 0 Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 I have a big collection of tapes - many from when I was a teen. There's a lot of memories tied up in there. My car still has a tape machine too so I play some of them from time to time. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Got an ancient tape machine in my car as well. Don't use it though as I don't have any decent tapes at all. I never bought pre-recorded cassettes even back when it was vinyl vs cassette. Seemed such a strange thing to buy when you could make a tape out of a record. Link to post Share on other sites
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