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G6Tanuki · 9th Nov 2019, 6:54 pm

I can't help but believe this - and the 'rebirth of vinyl' heralded over the last decade - are more driven by puff-pieces in middle-class newspapers/magazines than anything else.

My collection of cassettes - at least 1000 of them, some pre-recorded, some I recorded myself - got junked when I moved house a decade and a half back: my musical tastes had moved on (and I no longer had cassette-players in any of my cars).

My most-recent exposure to cassettes was the 'microcassette' in a phone-answering-machine that had failed aftee around 25 years use. To my amazement I was able to buy a new [well, new-old-stock] microcassette for under a fiver!

9th Nov 2019, 6:54 pm	#3
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,007	Re: Back To The future with a C90 I can't help but believe this - and the 'rebirth of vinyl' heralded over the last decade - are more driven by puff-pieces in middle-class newspapers/magazines than anything else. My collection of cassettes - at least 1000 of them, some pre-recorded, some I recorded myself - got junked when I moved house a decade and a half back: my musical tastes had moved on (and I no longer had cassette-players in any of my cars). My most-recent exposure to cassettes was the 'microcassette' in a phone-answering-machine that had failed aftee around 25 years use. To my amazement I was able to buy a new [well, new-old-stock] microcassette for under a fiver!