I got my first cassette recorder for Xmas in 1969, I carried it with me everywhere. I still have a large plastic crate with dozens of unlabeled cassettes I've had since the early 70s. It's interesting to listen to them and be surprised by the stuff I find on them, music, conversations, radio stations. Good to see cassettes are still around.

Punk sounds so much better on analog. Not even a nostalgia thing, it's true.

I have Circle Jerks Golden Shower of Hits on cassette. What you state is true. Its so true. Its really the perfect format, dirty, raw, quick and cheap.

I still have a cache of cassette tapes I'm not willing to let go of - including all of the released Skinny Puppy cassettes, Rossini's Barber of Saville, Caramon (Bizet), and a whack of classical (Bethovan, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Phillip Glass) , the Brown Album from Bootsauce and some Pop Will Eat Itself (PWEI)

Unfortunately, without thinking, I sold both my cassette players at my last garage sale, now I have nothing to play them on....

I'll always miss the simplicity of the WalkMan. It was flawed but at the same time perfect.

What about an mp3 player is NOT simple? It has play, rr, ff, and you don't have to jog the hell out of it to get to a different song.

Joke is on this guy, his flip phone probably supports mp3.

This guys money is made by other companies losing money. -_- Tape does not have a warm sound, tape has a muffled sound.

People who attribute digital audio to cold infuriate me. If that is what the music is supposed to sound like, then that is what it sounds like. There are ways you can make it warmer with the speakers and headphones used. Atleast now you have a choice!

Mp3 has given rise to ADD listening practices. I'm in the limousine industry and it blows me away how many people don't listen to entire songs anymore. You get 2/3 through a song *flick* next song. It's incredibly annoying.

You know what I find beautiful about records? I actually have to pay attention to the record. They stop playing after some time and if I want to skip a song or listen to a specific song, it requires physical interaction with the medium the music is recorded on. It focuses me more on the music as I'm more likely to sit in front of the record player, listening instead of doing something else.
You know what I love about the WalkMan? It has buttons. I can feel a button. I can press it without looking at it. I must look at a touchscreen. I must.
A WalkMan has batteries that I casn change anytime. A MP3-Player has a built in battery. If it's empty, I have to recharge, I can't just exchange it.

New isn't always better in every way.

Why?

even CD/DVD are going the way of the dodo.

I suspect when that guy shuffles off this mortal coil, so will the business. Either that when the last few people who even have a cassette player shuffle off cuz there will be nothing to play them on.

Yeah sure nostalgia has its place, but it really is just the human mind trying to fight inevitable change. So this really is just generational. Don't see anyone having nostalgia for using sticks as tools.

I mean I sorta get it. When Steam first came out I was vehemently against it. I "needed" that physical CD.

Well...I got over it. Steam rocks and digital is the way to go. The jury is in.

Absolute worst part about MP3s is the death of the album.
You can't just sit down and listen to the album any more.
Everything is about the Single. A musician's music is best understood as a whole piece not just a sectional.
To this end, new songs being released these days are all about the short 3 minute song and leaves the listening experience behind.
I miss the album, the B-side, and the other songs that came with that one single.

Still plenty of bands not only releasing albums but albums on vinyl!

I just spent $40 on the new Beastwars album* including a special edition vinyl pressing. The album comes with a download code. No reason you can't have best of both worlds.

I can't tell you if music objectively sounds better on vinyl. It might all be bullshit, but part of the experience of putting a record on a turntable makes it more enjoyable.

*which you should all buy because a) they're awesome, b) they're from NZ and c) their website is http://www.obeytheriff.com (probably the best URL ever)