When was the last time you held a cassette in your hand?

Question

Do you still have those at your house? (:
i am at my grandparent's place and i came across some old Pink Floyd Cassettes which was kinda cool, there is even a Gramophone in this house! I felt like a small child shown a new toy :P
BQ: CD's < Vinyls
BQ2 : How are you today?

Answer 1

Today. I have 2 sitting on my desk right now.Dwight Yoakam Hillbilly Delux & Amy Grant Straight Ahead. I found them going through one of my filing cabinets about a week ago & haven't decided what to do with them yet.



BQ I love vinyl and think it sounds more authentic,but I actually prefer CD because of space & ability to download on my computer.



BQ2 I'm still very sad over losing my uncle.

Answer 2

Oddly enough, I had a dream last night that I was looking through a friend's cassette tapes. The weird thing is, I don't know anybody who owns any cassette tapes, lol. Actually, in my gram's basement, there was a box full of old reggae tapes, and I haven't layed eyes on anything of the kind since then. Good question, lol.



P.S. Before I found those, I played my uncle's Led Zeppelin IV 8-track until it warped. [edit] Wait! I lied, I've actually been recording my stuff on cassette tapes in a clunky old karaeoke machine that never leaves the house, just so I don't forget the songs I think up and stuff, so I apologize for all the previous rambling. Still, I haven't touched those for like a month or so.



BQ: Very true

BQ2: Tired, I didn't sleep at all last night.

Answer 3

Yep, still have a couple of hundred, mostly custom cassettes I've made with my Nakamichi. Most of us in the day use to record new vinyl albums to cassette so we wouldn't ruin our vinyl. Kinda screwy when ya think back~



BQ: CD's!. I come from the vinyl era (born in the 50's boys & girls). Vinyl is a pain in the butt and unless you keep your equipment (i.e. stylus/needle) in good condition you can ruin vinyl in no time. There were too many disadvantages to vinyl that made CD's my preferred form of media like low frequencies and lots of bass (try putting on something with a lot of bass and watch your tonearm dance) and songs longer than 25 minutes are subjected to high compression, CD's don't have this problem and I can enjoy my Klaus Schulze and Todd Rundgren again. When you have a great stereo system (Adcom pre/power amps and M&K speakers) comparing the sound quality of vinyl over CD's is a moot point, everything sounds great.



BQ2 Tired goin' to bed soon

Answer 4

Few days ago. I actually still own 334 of them. I spent most of the 80s and early 90s amassing a collection of around 1,500 of them. Over 900 melted in a housefire in 1996. Some of the ones that melted were a couple of Metallica's demo cassettes. I hated losing those.



Fortunately my album collection was boxed up at my Dad's and was spared.



BA: I have tons of both

BA2: Tired but fine

Answer 5

Not that long ago, my mate Lucas is really into cassettes. He once made me mixed tape of his favourite songs, I think I still have it somewhere. I don't listen to them myself very often though.

And a gramaphone? That is amazing! :P



BQ: Yes, vinyls are much, much better. They just sound different, in a good way. I can't really explain it. I even like it when some of them are crackly. Only downside is they're more expensive than CD's.

BQ2: Really well thank you, think I'm coming down with a bit of a cold though but I might not be. I'm not in work or doing anything today so I get to just lie down and watch T.V. :)

How are you Rainbows?



EDIT: That's too bad, feel better soon. :)

Answer 6

Actually I have about 17 in my hands right now, [of course not right now I'm typing] but I just finished putting them away...



And they were:



Bridges To Babylon....Rolling Stones

Blaze Of Glory...Jon Bon Jovi

The Miracle...Queen

Good Stuff...The B-52's

Shades Of Deep Purple....Deep Purple

Bad To The Bone...Inner Circle

Truth...Jeff Beck Group

Canned Heat...Reheated

Let There Be Rock...AC/DC

Inside Out...Fates Warning

Under Lock And Key...Dokken

Perfect Symmetry...Fates Warning

Back For The Attack...Dokken

Master Of Puppets...Metallica

No Brakes...John Waite

Rebel Yell...Billy Idol

And a small box set of Led Zeppelin Remasters.



I had a few people over last night and they wanted to hear some of this stuff.



BQ: well with over 3000 vinyl, I have to say vinyl,



BQ2: just getting myself together.



take care

dave

Answer 7

Still have a few laying around, though amusingly enough, with no way to play them. I was very slow to join the CD movement, and am even less inclined to do the E-Music shuffle (Since unlike Mp3 and such, CDs at least DO sound better than cassettes)



So.. actually held some cassettes in my hand just last week when I was dusting the shelves.. they had a LOT of dust on em.



BQ: CD = Vinyl (IMO)

not that they are a perfect match.. but I believe both shine in different formats. On classic recordings, or on the rare occasions music is still done on analogue equipment, Vinyls do seem to carry a warmth and depth of sound that CDs lack, as stuff like my old Jethro Tull albums sound so much more RIGHT to me on vinyl. (I have some greatest hits CDs in the cars and the songs just don't sound the same)



BUT, IMO, on any music recorded digitally, which is 90% or more these days, there is no advantage to vinyl, as the nuances, minor imperfections, quavers, distortions and all have already been stripped out (hence the generally much more sterile feel of modern music.. I feel the perceived lack of quality in today's music is as much the recording as the songwriting... but then I am a proponent of the Wabi-Sabi philosophy where things are defined by their flaws.. so flawless means flavorless)



But. my Vinyl ALWAYS skips when I try to play it in my car!

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/S72Qj5bIjvI/AAAAAAABR8Y/EYKc0YEQDvA/rt56ue5s54ryaw.jpg



BQ2- Not great yet. Usually would be on the way to the Kingdom Hall this time of day for some edification and association with my brothers and sisters, but have a headache that kinda wiped that out... it's slowly getting better, but not fast enough to accomplish anything.



Yesterday was great though.... got to spend the day with 2 dear friends and their 11 month old son at the zoo...

Answer 8

A couple days ago. I was cleaning my room and I came across an old cassette of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits. I would have gladly popped it into my CD Player...but it did not have a cassette deck lol



BA: Sell. MP3 > CD > Vinyl

BA: Pretty good.

Answer 9

A few weeks ago, I was going through my closet and found a huge box full of them, that I've completely forgotten about over that past few years.

BQ: Vinyls

BQ2: Not so good.. Sundays are never good.

Answer 10

At a garage sale on Saturday, but I didn't buy it. (I usually have my eye out for vinyl when I go to those.) I have some cassettes at home but haven't listened to any lately.



BA: I have a fondness for vinyl, but like the convenience of cd's. Can't play a record in my truck.

B2: okay, thanks :)

Answer 11

the last time i held a cassette was when i was about 13,i had a big collection including Madonna,Paula Abdule,Metallica,Guns N Roses,and Boys2Men,Cindy Lauper,ACDC,Taylor Dayne,Keith Sweat,Samantha Fox,and of course Pink Floyd,Bobby Brown,and INXS,Aerosmith

Answer 12

When I was about 5 or 6.





BQ: CD's. I can always put the tracks from CD's in my hard drive.



BQ2: Alright. Not fancy or sad. Just OK.

Answer 13

Actually abandoned many of my cassettes when my life became a disaster, but when I was going through my storage I found two Prince Cassettes

an opened copy of the Batman soundtrack and an unopened copy of The Black album.

Answer 14

No. The last time I held one was like 10 or 11 years ago, and it was just some children's songs.

BQ: I prefer CDs but that's because that's my generation's music form.

BQ2: Eh.

Answer 15

aww i like this question.

honestly 2 weeks ago ish, some mates came round we sat in my room stuffed our faces, drank wine (friend loves it) and played poker lol till goodness knows what time and we played old cassettes all night :).

BQ: yeah vinyls



BQ2: bored. im actually going on to other sections to answer questions, i mean im heading over to chemistry, why lol? im revealing to everyone my hidden geek?.. :(



how are you today? :)

Answer 16

Yesterday, I play them in my car all the time. I've got a tape deck in the house too.



BQ: I like vinyl.

BQ2: Meh, getting ready to clean up a second load of cat puke.

Answer 17

A couple of weeks ago. I was looking through some old stuff and I found one of my dad's old cassettes.

There are a load in the house.



BQ: CDs because I can't find a record player, and because I like to put my albums onto my iPod when I buy them.

BQ2: I'm great thanks - the weather is a bit dull, but I got the latest Stratovarius album today and it's brilliant!

Answer 18

This morning. I listened to Pleasures of the Flesh by Exodus



BA: Vinyl!!!!!!

BA2: my pants are too tight

Answer 19

yesterday, I was volunteering at a music festival, and was in charge of selling cassettes and vinyl

Answer 20

Two days ago.

I transferred to digital both a tape and an LP!



(that implies i still have something to play them with)

Answer 21

Yesterday, actually. I have two boxes full of cassettes in my room... I have no idea where I got them, but I have some pretty great ones. :3

BQ: I like both.

BBQ: I'm alright, how are you?

Answer 22

a couple of weeks ago

not only do i still have them, i can still play them

C30 C60 C90 go - bow bow wow -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXfgYTqwQUw



a gramophone, or that new-fangled record player?



ba: vinyl

ba2: fine and dandy

Answer 23

About a year ago. My mom found my dad's old Frank Zappa cassette and showed it to me.

BQ: both are good, but I prefer CD's

BQ2: I'm doing pretty good, thanks!

Answer 24

hah great question. and i can't remember....that was a long long time ago.



BQ: CD's! i still buy them. depending on the artist lol

BQ2: i'm sick, so it sucks :(

Answer 25

5000 yrs ago.

Answer 26

I don't know what to say to this...