Cassettes cool again, but do you have a player?

[Cupe]

Cassettes are a key component of my upbringing, from being a medium on which to buy music, to record the latest choons from the radio, to recording my own mixtapes and selling them in the local record shop. But generally speaking, it’s a nasty format that sounds pretty terrible, and is prone to getting chewed up inside your car stereo, Walkman or boom box.

But despite all the downsides, the BBC reports that they’re on the up and up. There is something timelessly cool about this format. Most probably the fact that it was the most convenient format for recording for ever, and was the de facto way to get your creations heard in the shortest possible time. I’ve lost track of just how much cash I poured into my local Boots shop for 10 packs of TDK C60s for my mixtapes.

Perhaps it’s the continuing micro-revival of vinyl that is stimulating a hipster-driven lo-fi resurgence of the humble cassette. It’s quite possible that actual mixtape might make a cool and collectable return to the culture of the DJ, rather than having the moniker continue to be used on CDs and MP3s.

Good luck finding a cheap supply of blanks tapes though. Last time I checked, they were changing hands for silly sums of cash. My favourite TDK SA90 is currently on eBay for £8.50. Look around — you may have some very easy money stashed in your attic or under your bed. The biggest problem I can see is that cassette decks were offloaded a very long time ago. I have a USB enabled walkman style device, but junk shops may well see the units they’ve had on their shelves for the last 2 decades finally shift.

From http://djworx.com/cassettes-cool-again- ... -a-player/

[eggssell]

i do!

i have a national panasonic boom box at work (as seen below)

people used to run their turntables thru these so it has RCA input. so i run my iphone thru it while i work. but i have taken it outdoors (with batteries) while in the park or as mates skated, and its loud as fark! and the sound is so good. nice good levels, not tingy or bassy just right, as opposed to some speakers that are sold these days.

i do use the tape player to run japanese for busy people in the background sometimes

[eggssell]

i also have a collection of cassingles somewhere at my olds! haha now thats showing my age

[yizzle]

i have tons of cassettes with great albums on them.

brought as many as i could find when they started showing up at second hand stores when CDs were go and cassette players pretty much stopped being sold in stores.

only i don't have a player as i don't want the tapes to get chewed.

hoarding them i guess.

[eggssell]

i bought mine from ebay off some dude who's old man had it in the study to listen to football, and they upgraded him to a digital radio so sold it.

it was in tops condition. and the tape player works 100%, which is actually rare to find. most listings were tape player not working or will eat tapes

my technics hifi at home has a twin deck too

[GREMM1S]

No and no.

[wrxfiend]

md died and cassette is back..........face palm!

remember high speed dubbing LOL!

I bet hipsters are to blame for this!

[russell]

there has always been a steady stream of underground shit being put out on limited cassette runs.

I don't own a cassette player anymore, I don't even own a CD player anymore, so I've never bought any of them.

[GREMM1S]

Optical storage on the outer.

[OxyKon]

I still have a shit load of cassettes all trough my place, although I haven't had a working player for at least 15 yrs, boom boxes on bay these days are quite hard to find, if that, they arnt in the best of condition from what I've seen

[GREMM1S]

lol i remember my boombox which i would record faves off the radio.

[styga]

was too young to own cassettes, i remember my first cd player and cds i got (pokemon album)

[russell]

was too young to own cassettes, i remember my first cd player and cds i got (pokemon album)

That's a shame. I used to get hardcore/rave mixtapes from my big sisters mates all the time. Still have one that the mrs has had for years called 'House '89'.

Fuckin boss tape

[Lurk6r]

When all the cool people near the end of primary school had discmans and listened to Britney Spears, I had a walkman and listend to Black Sabbath.

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[styga]

was too young to own cassettes, i remember my first cd player and cds i got (pokemon album)

That's a shame. I used to get hardcore/rave mixtapes from my big sisters mates all the time. Still have one that the mrs has had for years called 'House '89'.

Fuckin boss tape

i was born in '93 so the music we had on cassette was the parents old stuff.

but when i started listening to music of my choice it was when cds were all the rage

[legunner]

I was born in 93 too. I'd love to buy some classics on cassette, not sure where but?

[russell]

discogs

[OxyKon]

discogs

Either that or find yourself some retro markets

[Tomy]

OMG why.... just why?

[Cupe]

Celebrate cassettes with Overture

http://www.overtureclothing.com/product/pirate-singlet/

[djbater]

I used to love recording songs off the radio, or off other tapes. Used to be the best in our family at pushing play and record at the same time

[eggssell]

i just had record and pause already on, then you just smahshed the pause button quickly.

and then you would spew when the dj would talk over the end haha

[yizzle]

Oh the memories

[BeatLeSS]

Fark man I remember listening to the radio ready to push the record button. Legit was the best way to warez your tunes!

I did once record an entire double sided cassette with Backstreet Boys - Everybody once - over and over again so I didn't have to rewind, HAHAHAHA. Oh shit dem was da days.

[russell]

Backstreet Boys