Why Did Cassettes die out

SK3W3R · Post by **SK3W3R** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:07 pm

FAUST.DTC wrote:I always wondered why mini discs failed so badly, I would have thought that they would be the next natural progression from CDs...perhaps it was the MP3 age killing it in its infancy but i would have thought mini disc would have taken over CDs in the same was CDs killed cassette tapes.

minidisk was a great format
i think it was down to the fact that people were fine with cds and noone want to spend more cash when thecd format was still going well

i had a net md mindisk player, it was great was like a cross between an mp3 player and a minidisk player, ran off 1AA battery and lasted forever

k_k · Post by **k_k** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:18 pm

BEN? wrote:what fucks me off more, is people going around listening to tape players trying to be cool and retro when they could easily pick up a cheap Mp3 player for £20.

Tapes are cool? i thought it was 7" inch singles makin a comeback

kwality · Post by **kwality** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:37 am

FAUST.DTC wrote:I always wondered why mini discs failed so badly, I would have thought that they would be the next natural progression from CDs...perhaps it was the MP3 age killing it in its infancy but i would have thought mini disc would have taken over CDs in the same was CDs killed cassette tapes.

I think it was another classic case of Sony making it difficult for other brands to make their own versions. I've still got one around somewhere and it was great. Used to record stuff off dubplate.net and then rock it in the car! There were huge in Japan though.

Hibbie · Post by **Hibbie** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:29 pm

I started out with tapes, then cd players, then repped mini disk players, then ipod. gota say that I had so many tape compilations that i used to make,

lloydnoise · Post by **lloydnoise** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:04 pm

SK3W3R wrote:
FAUST.DTC wrote:I always wondered why mini discs failed so badly, I would have thought that they would be the next natural progression from CDs...perhaps it was the MP3 age killing it in its infancy but i would have thought mini disc would have taken over CDs in the same was CDs killed cassette tapes.
minidisk was a great format
i think it was down to the fact that people were fine with cds and noone want to spend more cash when thecd format was still going well

i had a net md mindisk player, it was great was like a cross between an mp3 player and a minidisk player, ran off 1AA battery and lasted forever

definitely, I had an Aiwa with a little jog wheel for volume/ text input, the most fun music player I had. With tapes and Minidisks (and cdrs) you really thought about what you were putting on them just cos it took so long and you could label them. I had some great little compilations.
Everythings a lot more instant now, less consideration, just drag n drop.
Can't believe the iTunes hate, it is so simple and makes everything so easy, specially if you got an ipod and a macbook

EDIT: found my old MD player:

what a beaut!

wolf89 · Post by **wolf89** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:17 pm

I still buy tapes.

Weird synth shit that's only available in runs of 60 cassettes or so.

Fits the type of music.

Also having old school hip hop on cassettes is just somehow fucking awesome.

d e a d b o y · Post by **d e a d b o y** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:21 pm

http://judgementdispenser.blogspot.com/
tapes - we has them

wolf89 · Post by **wolf89** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:24 pm

Sounds good.

May have to buy something from you sometime.

d e a d b o y · Post by **d e a d b o y** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:39 pm

Cool, we have good upcoming stuff - hyper black bass gameboy dancehall rave and shit and shine live.
www.myspace.com/judgementdispensertapes

fork · Post by **fork** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:42 pm

Tapes are old skool

dubsteptim · Post by **dubsteptim** » Wed May 20, 2009 6:29 pm

i mean tapes were proper shhiiiitttt after awhille... wear em out or if the tape got snagged and fuck up or if the car tape player ate them..

but that said i wish i still had a tape player for all the old school tapes i got layin around

weston · Post by **weston** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:43 am

doing that, stop start thing to find your best tune on a mix tape was long!

fork · Post by **fork** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:56 am

weston wrote:doing that, stop start thing to find your best tune on a mix tape was long!

it was part of the fun, and you could tell where your best tune was because the tape would be completely fucked at that point from all the f/fwding and rewinding.

weston · Post by **weston** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:02 am

fork46 wrote:
weston wrote:doing that, stop start thing to find your best tune on a mix tape was long!
it was part of the fun, and you could tell where your best tune was because the tape would be completely fucked at that point from all the f/fwding and rewinding.

OMG you have just taken me back to the pain of when your walkman eat yor tape

i became a master of winding it back in with a HB pencil and then sucking the last bit into your mouth so it untwisted. (no homo

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deeps · Post by **deeps** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:12 am

I think the last time i used a tape was in 2000. I compiled a mix tape from old broken beat records so i could play it in my car.

Ahh the joys of pressing rewind, then missing the start of the track you want to play, using sticky tape to join it back together again after a 100 plays, then the reel gets tangled up inside the tape!

I remember paying shit loads of money buying import albums from HMV from the US, only to buy them a few years later on CD cause the tape had been lost or bust!

I suppose its musical evolution to progress to the current digital mp3 format, but i still prefer vinyl anyday.

Tombones · Post by **Tombones** » Fri May 22, 2009 6:42 pm

all about the 8 track

reverend dale · Post by **reverend dale** » Fri May 22, 2009 6:55 pm

I still have some of my first albums on tape. KLF's White Room, Orbital and stuff like that. I think I have The Experience on tape too, I didn't really stop using tapes until the late 90s, then shifted on to MD and now use my phone. MD still sounds better but I can't be fucked with the little CDs anymore.

ytee · Post by **ytee** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:41 pm

DanRev wrote:
roytr0n wrote:
DanRev wrote:I use my CD player alot because itunes is completely shit.

When I get an mp3 player that doesnt require that piece of shit program to use I'll stop.

Tell me what you have against iTunes please.
When I try to upload all my music into it, the thing just fucking crashes, I cant exit it and have to reboot my entire computer, and then as soon as it starts up again (which if you're unlucky enough, it will do as soon as you log on) it crashes again.

Its just a pain in the arse. You cant turn off that pointless gapless playback thing and that can cause all sorts of problems etc. etc.

You must have a piece of shit computer....buy more ram.

reverend dale · Post by **reverend dale** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:45 pm

iTunes is a bloated piece of shit. Period.

Coppola · Post by **Coppola** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:55 pm

Reverend Dale wrote:iTunes is a bloated piece of shit. Period.

how?
i don't use the store, but i fail to see how it isn't good at playing music?

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