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Originally Posted by s_k
You try and play a 40 year old CD 
They're all gone after 30 years. Durability of cassettes is just brilliant. There's cassettes from the early sixties that are just fine.
The problem is often the way they are treated. When stored properly and played in clean machines, they are virtually indestructible. |
the only problem with cassettes in this region is that it is quite humid here and they're prone to fungus - no real problem if I play them regularly, though, it's only when I neglect them. CDs after thirty years is kinda iffy, you need a read-all kinda player to play them, and probably need to be wiped with alcohol on a regular basis (wipe with a soft cloth from the center laterally to the edge)
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Originally Posted by s_k
Oh I'm not that much into cassettes. I'm much more into open reel tapes and vinyl  . Cassettes are cool, but they have a lot of exchange problems. Most cassette decks just don't match. Tapedecks do, somehow. |
i don't have any open reels, or vinyl - cassettes are fine with me, they may sound not as good as vinyl but they still have a "warmer" sound than a CD