[elinchrome]

No, it's cassettes too. Reel to reel has "better sound" than vinyl for some people. I'm sure there's some metric or science to back up the argument.

And other enjoy the nostalgia of cassettes and eight tracks. You can hardly walk down my block without seeing someone listening to a 30 year old walkman. That's probably more of a style thing.

[Svip]

As someone who uses tapes on a regular basis, I have doubts that there is any metric or science to back up the argument that cassette tapes have 'better sound' than vinvyl record or digital audio for that matter.

Part of what I enjoy about listening to tapes is in fact its subpar quality. The main reason I listen to tapes is because my two cars both take cassette tapes, so it's more a reason to have something to listen to while driving. But in a car, the small distortions on a tape are easily missed compared to listening at home. So it works great for me.

(Plus the silence at the end of each side is a great break every 40 minutes or so.)

[elinchrome]

I'm not talking about cassettes, I'm talking about the reel to reels that they used to use to record masters.

[desireco42]

You are right, I researched a little in the meantime :) amazing!

I remember cassettes as convenient but with a lot of issues with sound quality.