Posted by Broadway Blue on 07/04/07 01:03

Jyeshta wrote:
>> "?????????????????????????????????????????????????????" wrote:
>
>>> 128 is so diabolically compressed that much of the detail of the
>>> track is lost, rather like listening to a cassette tape. Nothing
>>> resembling CD quality.
>
> It's probably just me, but I still prefer listening to cassette
> mix tapes when I'm out than mp3s on an mp3 player. I can edit
> out any silence between songs, record at the highest volume level
> I want, and it sounds great to my ears.
>
> Yes, it's a pain to go to the trouble of making mix tapes, and
> you don't get shuffle play, etc., etc. Still, it's what I use
> and prefer. (For listening at home, I either use the computer,
> or make audio or mp3 disks for private music listening.)
>
> But everyone is so obsessed with mp3 players nowadays they've
> stopped making decent cassette 'walkmans' (generic term). The
> Sony ones are absolute crap and break down within weeks.
> Panasonic makes more durable ones but, of course, none of them
> nowadays has the kind of volume output they used to, and they're
> nowhere nearly as well crafted as they were back in their heyday.
> (Just my half a cent, since probably everyone thinks this is
> nuts.)

Cassettes? What are they?!! :-)

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