Humidity is definitely a problem with any sort of tape. Same goes with video.
CD's just fall apart after 30 years. No player can play them after that.
The reflecting layer just falls off. You already have this with cheap CD-R's already.
My cassettes sound exactly the same as my CD's. There's no audible difference.
It's just that a cassette can brilliantly copy the sound of vinyl, a CD can't.
But I mostly use them for fun. Yes they sound good, but I prefer tape for it's reliability and a tape recorder has the same effect on people as a wood burning stove or a sleeping cat. It somehow calms you down.
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