But 8 tracks.. I wonder how those are...


Obsolete, I think you'll find...!!

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Obsolete, I think you'll find...!!


The last known 8-Track was made in 1988.  If memory serves, it was 'Small World' by Huey Lewis and the News

I adore listening to my old cassettes and records, but CD's are overall the best format to listen to for overall qaulity and durability. Although, MP3's are getting better and better..

You'll find (such is the downturn of cassettes now) that CD players are fitted into cars as 'standard' now...

...once they ironed out the problems of CD's jumping all over the place when you went over a bump, there was no stopping 'em...


Yeah, but I know a lot of people who stick to their old cars as long as they can.

I think Vinyls are ok but very outdated. ;D

I feel "old school" even as far as "old school" goes, but gosh dangit, I like cassettes. :)

Maybe I'm just attached because I grew up with them. Whether it was us (i.e. my parents, or me once I got to be about 11-12) buying new ones, or all the mixes my uncle, and later mom and dad, made, I just got completely attached to it as a format.

Of course I don't have everything from the old days (alot got taped over/lost/eaten, whatever), but what is left feels like memories. The format feels very "comfortable" to me, if that makes sense. I still buy tons of used tapes at Goodwill/thrift shops and secondhand record stores. I'm also probably one of the few people on Earth who still make "tape to tape" mixes and use a Walkman almost daily. ;D


Now, don't get me wrong, that all having been said, I'm equally appreciative of today's technology. I have tons of songs burned to my computer (around 1800 now -- and only 1750 are 80's, LOL), a pretty big CD collection. Recently I've gotten into "burning" CD's too. When I have the money, I might look into getting an Ipod or something of the like too.

I have an LP collection (not very big but they are all goodies in my opinion), some decent cassettes and some CDs.  I had to buy the CDs because my car came with a CD and radio whereas previously it was cassettes.  I like the ability to skip about between tracks or use the random setting on long journeys.  Sound quality doesn't bother me one way or the other.

^ You know, as far as sound quality goes, there isn't near as much difference between CD's and tapes as is commonly said. Unless the tape is shot, chances are it'll be just as good soundwise.

I did a test once using one of those "dual tape + CD" boomboxes. I taped a few seconds of a song from a cassette copy of the album, then followed it with a few seconds of a CD copy of the same album.

Listening to it back to back, the CD recording was, like 2% better, if that. If I weren't listening, I wouldn't have been able to tell. Also, some machines record better or louder than others, but that's another story.

One thing I don't like about tapes is when the little felt squares fall out and I have to glue them back on  :\'(

Alot of old cassette tapes from the late 70's and early 80's (usually made by Capitol Records), I find don't work.  The sound gets mangled because the tape is so old, it gets caught inside the spool  :\'(

I'm not an Mp3 person I'm more of an old school Vinyl,Cassette and CD kind of guy.