Meet the device that could bring back cassettes:

Some things are not easily gone forever. Audio Cassette is one stubborn invention that seems to make a comeback just when we thought to bury the idea. Nehru will be a happy camper to read this.  

doritos with cassette

I actually have an old boom box in the garage with a cassette player which has a cassette in it. 

Normally listen to the radio when doing yard work...that thing is over 30 years old

I play my cassettes every weekend. Mukesh and Rafi pun meh Neighba dem. With lil curry smell.

I have it in my car and also use them in my small boom box.

In my travels to other countries, I carry a AA battery operated Walkman radio/cassette player with head-phones. The same headphone is also used for audio on airplanes.

Surprising, I can still find local music on cassette, but my main purpose is to listen to local radio stations. Sometimes,  one or two broadcast in English and its relaxing during my free time.

It is also  a wonderful way to connect with the local culture and events taking place.

Due to the International Communications Convention [ICC]  regulations in Geneva, the local frequency bandwidth is the same in most countries. .  

I had a cassette player in my car until last week.  I used an adapter in it to hook up my phone but dont remember ever playing a real cassette in it.

A few weeks ago the thing start to act up so I went out and buy another adapter from Amazon only to realize the blasted thing bruk fu good.  

I then found an Alpine unit on sale cheap so I installed it and now I man cruisin with me blueteeh like everyone else from the 21st century.

Abu Jihad posted:

I had a cassette player in my car until last week.  I used an adapter in it to hook up my phone but don't remember ever playing a real cassette in it.

A few weeks ago the thing start to act up so I went out and buy another adapter from Amazon only to realize the blasted thing bruk fu good.  

I then found an Alpine unit on sale cheap so I installed it and now I man cruisin with me blueteeh like everyone else from the 21st century.

AJ, we had an Alpine cassette player in a Ford car for years, sturdy unit and great sound, wid matching speakers. I am sure your Alpine unit will outlive your car.   

Interesting story about the car that I wanted to sell. We had it for years and replaced it with a new Toyota.

The engine was good with low mileage, but the rust was starting to show. Due to its age, its a car that  will need constant maintenance.

Among others, three high school kids came with their parents to buy the car. Based on our kids experience, when their car sat idle  from lack of cash to repair it.  I asked whether they know someone who might fix it, instead of paying a mechanic. When they said they did not know a person who could fix it  for free, I discourage them from buying it. Its sad to see high school kids make an investment on a car, that sits idly more than  they can use it. Eventually, we gave the car to a mechanic friend who just lost his job. 

You should touch bases wid Cain, he also like he blueteeth cassette player.       

Oh man.. you messed up Tola those kids never had the joy of listening to a great Alpine stereo. Don't you know when in an old car the best thing to have is a good stereo...just crank up the volume and all that engine rattle, gears grinding and body parts falling off would never be heard above the sound of a beautiful stereo, it'll be like driving a new car.

On the way home tonight I had the pleasure of listening to an album I taped on cassette by Los Indos Tabajares. It Had Maria Elena,Always in my heart,Somewhere over the rainbow etc. The problem with cassettes is when we get greedy and use the 120min, they screwed up big time. Too much weight in the reels. I tried to stay with no more than 90mins tapes or better yet 60min.

I agree about defective recording using long playing cassettes and VHS tapes.  I use 120 speed only when I will be transferring  the material to disk, so the recording don't stay on the cassette for long. I often use 30m, 60m and 90m cassettes.  A few years ago a popular band published their new album on cassette tapes.  I notice some new vinyl record players have slots for disks and also for cassettes. It looks like they might be coming back.

My first technical video about telephone test equipment was on reel to reel video tapes,  then larger industrial VHS tapes, before using regular VHS tapes.  On one technical reel to reel tape, someone recorded  the  Deep Throat movie and there was a waiting list to borrow it.

I scan slides to my computer and copy on disks VHS/Betamax  and cassettes  recordings. I have two Beta recorders and number of VHS recorders. The late Stuart Mc Lean  of CBC Vinyl Café  read my Guyana story on CBC radio 'story exchange'  and it was recorded on cassette, that I transferred to disks. 

Copying one hour VHS to disks is about $30.00. I do it cheaper and have  a waiting list, so it don't crowd my free time.

Cassette and video tapes are made from a similar material as print film, so it is advisable to run the tapes back and forth once every year or so, or the loose material could damage the recording head. When I used mini cassettes for my video cameras, I stay with the same brand, because changing brands in the tropics with high humidity, could cause problems.  

Los Indos Tabajares.....Bro, I had to listen to it just now and it took me back many, many years of wonderful memories. Maria Elena has 2.1 million views on Utube. 

While on a project in Chiapas, we went to a Marimba concert and all in our group fell asleep during the performance. Must have been the Mexican dinner  and drinks.      

I have 3 combo, cassette, record player and radio. Plus I have another that has a CD player with it. I still play them.

I keep them safe locked up in my entertainment centre. occasionally I would play them  for a good dance work out.

Does anyone have an eight track player, well I have one with couple tapes, such as Elvis , Frank Sinatra and some Xmas tunes.I also have a double cassette player which can play one after the next. But my everyday fun is listening to vinyl records, I have a few hundreds, 45's and LP's, when ever I am in the USA I go to the Thrift shops and by records very cheap.

I still have my eight track player together with a cassette converter which I bought in NY in 1977.

The young generation really does not appreciate any of this stuff.  That has been my experience.

My kids think all my stuff is junk. Even my Greco Transistor radio that was made in Guyana in the 70's

Maybe when they get old they might change their ways of thinking 

You will turn up the volumeon the car speakers to drown out the moaning and grunting the chick makes in the back seat

Starlite Drive-in and Kitty seawall. Oh what great memories

Drive in meh rass. Meh talking about right in the shopping mall parking lot in the night. That's  bold

Any Port for a "Storm". Rock yuh Boat, Rock yuh Both Baby.

I have a series of items and memorabilia, in particular from the 1970, which are displayed in a special area of the home.

They do have reflect the changes and developments over time. 

DG, yuh gat any Volkswagen? Chine Brush or Ti-dye underwear??

Nehru posted:

Any Port for a "Storm". Rock yuh Boat, Rock yuh Both Baby.

Any port eh !!   Jus make sure dem man na dea round, or you might be jumping out windows an runnin fa you life.  

Nehru posted:

DG, yuh gat any Volkswagen? Chine Brush or Ti-dye underwear??

None of those Nehru. 

Amral posted:

The young generation really does not appreciate any of this stuff.  That has been my experience.

My kids think all my stuff is junk. Even my Greco Transistor radio that was made in Guyana in the 70's

Maybe when they get old they might change their ways of thinking 

Bossman,

I have the same problem.

My children flee when I spin my vinyl records. They live in a digital world but as you correctly indicated at they will eventually change their way of thinking.

I was shocked to see young people buying Vinyl records. It is back in style.

My son has started using my DAC and asked why it sounded much better from the sound coming out of his iPhone 6S, I told him to do some research.

Tola posted:

I agree about defective recording using long playing cassettes and VHS tapes.  I use 120 speed only when I will be transferring  the material to disk, so the recording don't stay on the cassette for long. I often use 30m, 60m and 90m cassettes.  A few years ago a popular band published their new album on cassette tapes.  I notice some new vinyl record players have slots for disks and also for cassettes. It looks like they might be coming back.

 

Vinyl record sales are up. 

yuji22 posted:

Tola posted:

I agree about defective recording using long playing cassettes and VHS tapes.  I use 120 speed only when I will be transferring  the material to disk, so the recording don't stay on the cassette for long. I often use 30m, 60m and 90m cassettes.  A few years ago a popular band published their new album on cassette tapes.  I notice some new vinyl record players have slots for disks and also for cassettes. It looks like they might be coming back.

 

Vinyl record sales are up. 

yuji22 posted:

Amral posted:

The young generation really does not appreciate any of this stuff.  That has been my experience.

My kids think all my stuff is junk. Even my Greco Transistor radio that was made in Guyana in the 70's

Maybe when they get old they might change their ways of thinking 

Bossman,

I have the same problem.

My children flee when I spin my vinyl records. They live in a digital world but as you correctly indicated at they will eventually change their way of thinking.

I was shocked to see young people buying Vinyl records. It is back in style.

My son has started using my DAC and asked why it sounded much better from the sound coming out of his iPhone 6S, I told him to do some research.

Same problem here too .  My decades of collectables are insignificant to our kids. But I got some nice moulded plastic boxes that I put stuff for the kids and grans, as I go through the house. Real German SS helmet, WWII Swiss bayonet, US army K-Bar knives, WWII dog tags, WWII stainless steel mirror, Canada collectables from 1967, coins, stamps, etc.

I just made  a list of stuff to sell from an alarm, telephone and electrical company I once had, or as the kids say, its all going to the dump, when I am gone.

But as Amral said, as they get older, they might realize too late that this stuff is valuable in our fast changing world.

Unfortunately, they don't see the change we did from vacuum tubes  to an unmanned spacecraft landing on Mars. I thought two men landed on the moon in 1969 was a big deal, but look where technology is today. Fifty years from now, it might move ten times faster.

I gave an old  rotary phone to a nursery class for the kids to play. They were pushing down the number to make a call.     

Tola posted:

Abu Jihad posted:

I had a cassette player in my car until last week.  I used an adapter in it to hook up my phone but don't remember ever playing a real cassette in it.

A few weeks ago the thing start to act up so I went out and buy another adapter from Amazon only to realize the blasted thing bruk fu good.  

I then found an Alpine unit on sale cheap so I installed it and now I man cruisin with me blueteeh like everyone else from the 21st century.

AJ, we had an Alpine cassette player in a Ford car for years, sturdy unit and great sound, wid matching speakers. I am sure your Alpine unit will outlive your car.   

Interesting story about the car that I wanted to sell. We had it for years and replaced it with a new Toyota.

The engine was good with low mileage, but the rust was starting to show. Due to its age, its a car that  will need constant maintenance.

Among others, three high school kids came with their parents to buy the car. Based on our kids experience, when their car sat idle  from lack of cash to repair it.  I asked whether they know someone who might fix it, instead of paying a mechanic. When they said they did not know a person who could fix it  for free, I discourage them from buying it. Its sad to see high school kids make an investment on a car, that sits idly more than  they can use it. Eventually, we gave the car to a mechanic friend who just lost his job. 

You should touch bases wid Cain, he also like he blueteeth cassette player.       

You ra$$ meking fun a we two cheap $k%n*ts.

My original pledge was to get a new car when the cassette break but Mr Toyota outlasted the cassette and still wukking like new.

My new goal is to get 500,000K then call am Gearge 

Hehehe