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Bring Back the Burned CD— They’re a love language. And a reminder of the hope we once had. (thetyee.ca)
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[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Nah, this is wrong. Cassettes don’t sound like dogshit and most vintage decks sound great when properly calibrated.

Modern $20 Chinese portables sound like ass, I’ll give you that.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

OK, well, you have a lot more tolerance for tape hiss and compression artifacts and muted highs than I do, the only quiet tapes I’ve heard were big fat studio tapes when I had access to a research studio.

I spent so many years trying to get a decent field recording out of the best portable recording (cassette) decks that I may be a little traumatized. DAT recording was a revelation, even with horribly unreliable decks.