[muricula]

I think the audio quality gives this recording character. What could be more cyberpunk than hearing the quirky artifacts resulting from ripping an obsolete recording medium?

[amatecha]

No I know but I mean it has actual mp3 encoding errors because the files are getting corrupted over time lol, like it's an issue in the storage medium not the original analog-to-digital conversion :(

Examples in the following file http://bearcave.com/bookrev/neuromancer/Tape1a.mp3 :

0:40, 1:04, 1:13, 1:21, 2:18 ... I mean.. the files are basically ruined :\

[kevin_thibedeau]

A little embarrassing when the 1970s technology is better than the 1990s.

[robotresearcher]

‘Worse is better’ in effect. MP3 trades quality for convenience.

Edit: I read above that these particular MP3s are corrupted, so they have a serious enjoyability issue.

[jszymborski]

I was about to say, feels more of its time...