Posted by Jyeshta on 07/04/07 17:41

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 02:03:27 +0100, "Broadway Blue"
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

>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?!! :-)

:-)))) I'm a dinosaur.

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