3 Aug
2013
3 Aug
'13
3:08 p.m.
On 08/02/2013 09:13 AM, Peter Corlett wrote:
You'd have to be pretty strange -- even stranger
than us on cctalk :) -- to
want to keep a compact cassette recorder, except if you've still got media that
hasn't yet been copied to a more reliable format. I think I may still have a
tape recorder, but it's going into the bin when I find it. Utterly hateful
things, even when they were contemporary.
You'd be surprised. Cassettes are still being produced, and, at least
according to some in the industry are more popular than ever.
See, for example:
http://nationalaudiocompany.com/
and the squib in the August 12, 2013 issue of Time magazine, on page 56
notes that the still-popular media format is now 50 years old--like TTL ICs.
The interesting thing is that I've picked up Nakamichi cassette decks
(definitely not cheap) for nothing via the loca Freecycle.
--Chuck