Vinyl resurging, I can understand. But cassette tapes were always so fragile. I can't count how many got twisted up in the player and lost forever.

Their only redeeming quality was the mix tape.

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fsckboy 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

>Vinyl resurging, I can understand. But cassette tapes...their only redeeming quality was the mix tape

their ONLY redeeming quality? mix or not mix, did you ever try to record a vinyl?

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JKCalhoun 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That and piracy.

You gotta love the cahones of the guy that, in the 1970's, opened a record rental store in a college town… and sold blank cassettes as well.

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2000UltraDeluxe 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But what a quality that was!

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parineum 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't understand vinyl either. Tape is worse but vinyl has all of the same downsides, sonically. The "Warmness" people are always talking about is a symptom of fragility. Unless you're going to get a laser player, your vinyl gets worse with every listen. And if you're using a laser, you loose the garbage that is referred to as "Warm". Nevermind if they get left somewhere warm.

It's objectively worse than lossless digital in every way except coming with a big artwork surface. I'd rather buy a poster.

I'd rather listen to music as close to was intended and for it to stay that way as long as possible.

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lloeki 2 days ago | parent [-]

> your vinyl gets worse with every listen

Worn out vinyl grooves are typically caused by an unbalanced tonearm or damaged stylus.

Realistically if the tonearm is adequately balanced and the stylus is kept clean you're looking at hundreds to thousands of listens before it has any kind of even slightly discernible effect.

There's a much more likely chance of vinyls being damaged by simply handling them.

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parineum a day ago | parent [-]

How many people are performing proper maintenance on their record players?

The point stands either way. Vinyl isn't durable. It gets worn by proper usage and worse by improper usage.

My FLAC files are as perfect as the day I got them and are backed up both at home and remotely. Vinyl is an inferior format but people like rituals and hobbies but then they tell themselves lies about how it's actually better.

It's fine if you find it romantic and pleasing to pull out the vinyl, put it on the player then read the liner notes while listening to the album. That's awesome. It's the same for lots of hobbies I have but let's not act like it's technically superior in any way.

	▲	lloeki 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I never said anything regarding it being "technically superior". I merely commented on the "vinyl gets destroyed on every play" trope which at a leisurely listening human scale largely does not matter: it does wear but the scale of it is largely insignificant in practice.