…to see young people embracing physical media, no matter what kind it may be.
This video caught my eye because it features the cassette deck I desperately wanted in high school, but was never able to afford.
Now, I have absolutely no intention of revisiting cassettes. The tapes themselves are prone to damage (remember winding tape back into the housing with a BIC pen when it accidentally got eaten by a deck—or worst of all, your car tape player?), the decks themselves—especially 50 years on—are nothing but trouble, what with all their puzzle of levers, cogs, wheels, and belts and other rubber bits prone to deformation and disintegration.
And let’s face it: after years and years of being spoiled by pure, hiss-free digital sound from CDs and MiniDiscs, there’s no way cassettes will ever live up to that standard. I know there are folks who will disagree, but at least in my own life, cassettes are best relegated to the dust bin of tech history.
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