alt Hacker News>> Cassettes are the worst way to listen to music ever invented.
>Except for creating portable playlists, sure.
I think it was the frontman for Phish that said something like “metal sounds great on cassette”, referring to 80’s thrash, and I have to agree. I’m sure part of it is nostalgia, but I feel like 70’s rock/prog sounds perfect on vinyl, and 80’s thrash sounds great on cassette.
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dleslie • today at 1:02 AM
I have been converting old tapes to digital and they do sound both different and better.
I think there's an aspect of this format having been a target for professional mixing. But there's also the background hiss and the warping of rolling tape and the low fidelity of the heads... It all mixes together nicely for a dirtier sound.
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This is more of a Analog vs Digital debate?
There are people who spend A LOT of money on audio systems keeping them 100% analog (no DACs).