Cassette Tape Making A Comeback?

[snoopy7548]

Shuffle mode?

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

That doesn't skip undesired tracks unattended. Nor does it mix tracks with hundreds of other CDs.

I think the largest CD unit I've ever seen was maybe 20 trays and then it still had to physically change to each CD somehow.

 

[sandorski]

Pre-CD was when I went through an Audiophillic stage. Cassettes were the pinnacle of the technology with interesting specs like Wow and Flutter, different Tape types, but also it was the first medium to allow you to take your music anywhere and brought Recording to the Masses. I spent a ridiculous amount on Music Tapes, but also on Blank Tapes in pursuit of making the best recordings off my Records.

Good times overall. I could live through that again, but I wouldn't choose to. That's just weird.

 

[sdifox]

Not randomly and unattended.

err, most cd players have a random function... There were cd changers that take 400 CDs and it can even link at least two units together. Obviously track and cd change takes longer than flash media.

 

[NutBucket]

My biggest problem with LPs, CDs, Cassettes, 8 tracks and all other similar media is that you have to listen to the tracks in order, including any you don't like. Some only have a couple of songs I like mixed in with several I hate. I ripped all my CDs to digital and copied all of my albums and tapes to digital. I eliminated the tracks I don't want and use the rest in playlists that range into the thousands of tracks arranged by preference and randomized during playback.

That's also the point....when artists made albums and the stuff between the hits was also great! Or the songs on an album work together to tell a story.

Also:

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Don't care. The Black Widow (Price narration) on Welcome to My Nightmare is terrible. OK, not really terrible, but not something you want on random rotation.

Same with Public Animal #9 on School's Out. Just not something I want in rotation.

To me, Money doesn't fit on Dark Side, but I recall a story behind it saying the studio wanted a 'single' not realizing what Time would turn into.

 

[Captante]

My last stand-alone CD player (an NEC) had a function that allowed you to program the tracks you wanted to listen to in any order you liked using a remote control.

Also playing individual tracks on a CD (or audio DVD) is effectively the same as playing them from a file on a HDD/SSD provided the bit-rate is similar.

 

[lxskllr]

Yea, my cd players were programmable, but it's a bit of a hassle. It was usually easier just to push buttons when the time came.

 

[Captante]

Yea, my cd players were programmable, but it's a bit of a hassle. It was usually easier just to push buttons when the time came.

The remote from my old NEC was a nightmare of tiny unlit buttons lol.

The "skip" buttons were large and right beneath "play" on the machine.

 

[lxskllr]

What are all those buttons anyway?! Pretty much every remote I've ever used had a 100 buttons, and I used 4 of them. Probably missed out on some amazing features cause I didn't feel like reading the manual :^D

 

[Muadib]

What are all those buttons anyway?! Pretty much every remote I've ever used had a 100 buttons, and I used 4 of them. Probably missed out on some amazing features cause I didn't feel like reading the manual :^D

Was one of the buttons the skip to the next track button, or were you in the same boat as Mr lost?

 

[Captante]

Was one of the buttons the skip to the next track button, or were you in the same boat as Mr lost?

Oh they were there alright although it was tough to tell because they were the exact same shape, size and color as every other button on the dang thing for EXTRA convenience!

 

[Muadib]

Oh they were there alright although it was tough to tell because they were the exact same shape, size and color as every other button on the dang thing for EXTRA convenience!

The play button was always bigger than the skip forward or the skip back button, and skip forward was to the right, and skip back was to the left. I'm pretty sure it's still the same, but I'll check the remote on my PS5 if you want.

EDIT: The play button is the same size on my PS5 remote, so I guess there's a chance that it was the same size on certain remotes back in the day. That wasn't the case on my Panasonic or Pioneer remotes though.

 

[kt]

err, most cd players have a random function... There were cd changers that take 400 CDs and it can even link at least two units together. Obviously track and cd change takes longer than flash media.

I remember our CD player with changer plays audio from memory buffer, so it could change track/media and transition to the next track without missing a beat.

 

[IronWing]

Yea, my cd players were programmable, but it's a bit of a hassle. It was usually easier just to push buttons when the time came.

I remember programming tracks for making mix tapes. It was less than good.

 

[Captante]

The play button was always bigger than the skip forward or the skip back button

LOL @ the above.

EVERY button on that remote was EXACTLY the same size and shade of grey. (plus the labels were microscopic)

 

[MrSquished]

Vinyl makes more sense than cassette tapes. I still have a bunch of records. Ripped 225 tracks to the highest MP3 encoding there is, and probably still have another 30 to go. I may sell the records in bunches of 10 unless some DJ's want to offer me x dollars for a certain record.

I also have some cool collector records - like Alfred Hitchcock reading horror stories, the actual moon landing recordings, The original Star Wars trilogy audio with all the dialogue and sound effects, an Arnold Schwarznegger workout record, it's hilarious, a CBS record of the biggest news stories from 1957. I will always keep those.

Otherwise it's all digital format for me. Tidal Hi-Fi for my higher end desktop DAC/Amp setup, and Spotify for my mobile usage.