Vinyl comeback now, cassette tapes next?

Right...yuk it up guys but as I write this I'm listening to my Nakamichi RX-505 which was recently gone through by a renowned local tech named Willy Hermann. The sound is amazing and I do trust my ears to form that opinion. I just got in from shopping a local thrift store and picked up eighteen of my old favorites from the 60's and 70's for $0.25 each, many of them still in the original wrapper. The sound easily rivals vinyl, and the price I paid for the eighteen tapes would barely pay the tax on a remastered vinyl re-strike, not to mention the "hot stampers" snake oil they sell for $$$. So, if you're mind is still open, buy yourself a rebuilt Nakamichi unit: I recommend a Dragon, RX-505, ZX-9 or a CR-7A. Pair that with a set of Stax headphones driven by the analogue outputs (not the headphone jack) and enjoy! Oh...and don't feel you have to apologize when nearly everyone slams cassettes-just enjoy!

Tonykay, If you have commercial cassettes that sound as good as vinyl you must have compared them to some pretty bad records on a plastic turntable. :-)

Enjoy but don't expect a cassette renaissance. :-)

-Wendell

Tapes? No way. Think about it, twenty year old magnetic media has deteriorated, unlike vinyl, which is fairly stable. I have many tapes, R2R, cassette and even eight track, all cannot equal properly cared for vinyl played on a first class rig. My cassette tapes, all pre-recorded, played on a Dragon, don't come close to equaling vinyl. Long live vinyl!

"...you must have compared them to some pretty bad records on a plastic turntable."

Wow, that didn't take long! A plastic turntable...yeah, right. See what I mean?

I don't expect, or want, a cassette renaissance. If that ever happens I'll have to compete with everyone else and prices will increase as they have for re-issue vinyl, or old vinyl for that matter. I bought a ton of vinyl years ago when everyone said it was dead. Always try to buy things when nobody else wants them. Like I said..just enjoy!

Let's bring back VHS! Everyone knows it is as good as DVD and Blu-Ray! :-)

-Wendell