Tapes and CDs | TheaterFire

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CurrentHair6381@reddit

I dont get the tape thing, because its a shitty format. I understand CDs, and think they are an excellent format. Physical media is more fun, it aint hard.

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Along with cassettes not being a great format there's also the problem that modern cassette mechanisms are usually cheaply made and a lot worse than older ones. So unless people that are into cassettes use old machines (that probably need a bunch of repairs) they're already not getting the best even from a format like cassettes.

I think the cassette thing is usually either people that have nostalgia for the format (and are looking at it with rose colored glasses) or those that weren't around during the heyday of cassettes.

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Daylight-Silence@reddit

Tapes are often like a dollar, and sometimes the shittiness is charming. I contend listening to Shout at The Devil on a crappy tape is kind of the way to listen to it. It's the authentic experience of the mid-'80s junior high ne'er-do-well.

Now, if anyone's paying $20 for a new tape, that's fucking absurd

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My_First_Knife1@reddit

Everyone thinks cassette is a good format until they don't clean the capstan and the tape gets eaten!

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bikeonychus@reddit

Some people like stuff that makes them happy? Why shit on someone's joy if it doesn't affect you in the slightest. Weird post.

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Logical-Cherry9395@reddit

Because they need to be offended or they'll be offended that they're not offended!

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bikeonychus@reddit

Hahaha! I think they're in the wrong sub then and should go hang with the boomers, who are their true kindred.

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ConcreteKeys@reddit

Wayne Campbell didn't make it big to by an MP3 player. No. It was a cd player. He got the girl and the licorice. So what do you know?

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Logical-Cherry9395@reddit

I went back to physical media when my 2019 BMW had a CD player. I'd missed it so much. I bought a UHD BluRay player not that long ago and put on Dune Part Two and my jaw dropped. I also have an alarm clock and no longer use my phone.

I don't need tape back. But, I missed not relying on streaming media.

Side note - I'm also THAT person who doesn't have social media (outside reddit), internet on their phone, and doesn't access the internet outside working hours, so...there is that. After sitting on a wall at California Adventure trying to fix an issue that already had a band aid while the rest of my family went on rides, I snapped and was done with always being connected. Best decision I have made in a LONG time.

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psilosophist@reddit

Because a CD won’t delete itself from your collection due to a contract dispute.

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Logical-Cherry9395@reddit

Or OneDrive/iCloud sync issues.

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SlackerDS5@reddit

People like having the physical media of things. It’s like people collecting records. It’s niche to a degree, but it’s a special personal connection to the movie, game or music you like that is rare. Tapes are rarer because people don’t release them anymore.

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aweedl@reddit

I’m sorry, what? People absolutely still release tapes.

Some genres of music never stopped using tapes as their primary format, independent bands have similarly continued making cassettes as an affordable physical release, and they’ve come back in popularity enough that major labels are putting out tapes again, because young people are getting interested in them, so there are cassette releases of most mainstream shit again too. Q

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Nadathug@reddit

Did you grow up buying vinyl? If you did, it was a much deeper connection to music. Putting the needle on the record, looking at the big cover, reading the liner notes, having a tangible item that connected you to the music you loved. It was an experience.

I’m sure kids today, who grew up never having physical media, would love having a tangible item to connect them to music thru already love. Even if it’s a tape or cd, things that seem pedestrian to someone who grew up in the 90s or early 2000s. They feel that much more involved and connected when they play that album. That makes sense, right?

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CalliopeKB@reddit

Yeah all I need is to just crack open the case of Janet Jackson “Control” I’d be on the happy train to Nostaligia-town

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Moons_of_Moons@reddit

Yeah idk.. It's like how having a record collection was cool after CDs were standard. I didn't get it then and don't get this now. I gave all my CDs to someone after I ripped them to FLAC a decade ago.

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aweedl@reddit

I never stopped listening to records/tapes/CDs. Streaming makes no sense to me. I spent decades and most of my disposable income amassing thousands of albums. Why would I want to drop all of that and pay monthly to essentially rent music I already own?

Not to mention I do 100% of my music listening either at home in my stereo (record/CD/tape) or in the car (CD). The only audio I listen to on my phone is podcasts.

…and since a lot of people in the comments seem to be confused why people would buy tapes… a lot of the music I own consists of DIY releases by local bands. Cassettes have always been the cheapest and easiest way for independent bands to release their own music, and a lot it the stuff I have is by long-defunct artists and doesn’t exist anywhere but on tape.

Cassettes (and I’m sure this is the case for many of us) were also the primary format I bought when I first started going to record stores as a kid, and I still have most of the good stuff I was into 30 years ago. I never saw the need to re-buy music I already own, so if I first bought it on tape, odds are I still have it on tape.

It’s funny, because I will stream the shit out of movies and tv shows with no qualms whatsoever (totally fine with piracy there too), but for music, I need the real thing, with liner notes and all. Shows where my priorities lie, I guess.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

I’m with you man. I don’t long for the days when music more of a pain in the ass. Record enjoyers really blow my mind the most, like you get half or sometimes less of an album on a side

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34thUsernameAttempt@reddit

Last September, I finished the In 3-D trifecta by getting the cassette. Do I have a tape deck? No. For me it was collecting albums of artists I enjoy, regardless if I have a way to play the particular format. I'll pick up an 8-Track when it is an album I like. As some said before, some people are collectors. We enjoy the hunt.

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thebookofswindles@reddit

I want a tape because I drive an old car with a cassette deck

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Daylight-Silence@reddit

I'm gonna need you to calm down

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Fine_Violinist5802@reddit

Man my brain instantly noticed Nevermind, In Utero, Unplugged in chronological order, those colours are burned into my brain

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Sith_Apprentice@reddit

I saw CCR's Chronicle just from the blue stripe.

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My_First_Knife1@reddit

Not the flex you think it is...

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Resident_Lion_@reddit

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YogurtclosetDull2380@reddit

If you don't like DVDs then you should go and watch Robocop on YouTube and report back.

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Haraldr_Hin_Harfagri@reddit

I was thinking about this the other day. I review movies for a film festival and I noticed that the new hipster thing is to pull out a dated walkman and pop in a CD. Several short films featured young 20 somethings doing this. Just like vinyl collecting, I think CDs are now having a generational Renaissance. Sure, it's confirmation bias from what I'm seeing (mostly horror genre) but it's kind of odd that I saw this trend in at least 5 films. It could also be a retro vibe that the director is going for but the films are solidly set in the 2020s. I usually catch a lot of other trends early this way too. It's interesting

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Yuck_Few@reddit

You seem insufferable

Let people enjoy things

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Li-RM35M4419@reddit

Most of my old CDs became delaminated. The part that holds the data came off the plastic.

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FUWS@reddit

I miss the CDs the most because musicians used to put cool stuff in their CD covers like lyrics, photos and just more personalized stuff they’d treat to fan for buying their music.Some times even cool things like behind the scenes towards the end of the CD cycle before Streaming came along…

Also cool stuff like hidden songs. I think Green day and Tool are the ones that comes to mind for hidden tracks

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No_Ratio1493@reddit

Tapes can sound great when you have a nice system. I love tapes, CDs, records, and still do my fair share of streaming and YouTube.

I hate the Spotify UI and it plagues me with the conundrum of choice.

Nostalgia is definitely a part of it, but there’s much more to it. I don’t have it in me to write an essay about it right now, but I love music.

I also love DVDs. Much of my collection is difficult to find on streaming or not available at all. And if it is available it can be dropped at any time.

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clumsystarfish_@reddit

You can pry my physical media out of my cold, dead hands. I refuse to subscribe to any streaming service.

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Diligent_Accident775@reddit

I haven't bought a cd in many MANY years.

What's the point?

Spotify Premium is like 20 bucks a month and with that you get nearly every CD

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psilosophist@reddit

If you’re a Neil Young fan a spotify account won’t cut it, he keeps pulling his music off and back on.

Meanwhile my CD’s of his music never went anywhere, nor the vinyl.

I’ve got records that have gone out of print entirely and were never on streaming services, or were and the label folded and took everything with it so the only way to listen is on physical media.

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username__0000@reddit

I’ve looked up albums I own on Spotify (too lazy to dig out the cd) and they’re wrong.

They sound off, or some songs are missing.

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Worldly-Fishing-880@reddit

I personally like listening to music and not having it all end up in a database somewhere so they can sell me more toothpaste.

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Mike__O@reddit

It's weird. I remember back when everyond dumped vinyl because tapes were SOOOO much better sound quality, durability, portability, etc.

Then the same thing happened when CDs came around.

Then something weird happened-- people got all weepy and nostalgic for vinyl, pretended it was better and didn't have some very specific reasons it went away the first time.

Now it appears the same thing is happening with tapes and CDs.

I lament the loss of physical media, but it's more from the standpoint that we don't really "own" anything anymore. In terms of convenience, sound quality, repeatability without degredation, etc digital wins hands-down.

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massunderestmated@reddit

For many people, human life is about connections. Touching and interacting with a piece of old media connects you to a time and a place and a person in a tangible way that streaming digital does not. There is a texture, a smell, imperfections. You can have an experience right out of 1969 or 1989.

Then there are the audiophiles who are always chasing down the perfect fidelity.

There are the media rights folks who just want to own something that corporations can't monkey with.

Some people just want to take in the art and don't care about media at all.

And none of these people are really wrong. It's entertainment and art. The purpose is for you to find some happiness in your life.

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radical_taint@reddit

Why don’t I tapes my dick to your forehead so you can CDs nutz.

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BatAffectionate8041@reddit

i like that cd

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lordskulldragon@reddit

Definitely don't go to r/CDs. It's filled with people acquiring any CD they possibly can and others that think their collection is a goldmine.

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My_First_Knife1@reddit

That means the cds I bought in the 2000 are worth a fortune, I am sitting on gold /s

Its like Pokémon cards now days, sad innit!

If only they knew that cds can be duplicated with a computer 🤔

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