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georgemcdonnell314
I still have an 8 track player that works.
I only have two tapes to play in it but it still works.
So does my cassette player and my turntable I have had since 1981.
CD's are not obsolete yet.
The neighbors behind hang their old CD's around their garden to deter animals.
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jbwelda
>Pot a song up or down. Insert little bits of recording from television.
Dont see why you cannot do that with cds. Use something like soundforge to create your full length file and you can mix and match sound sources much easier than you could doing cassette tapes. Add track breaks if you want them (something impossible in cassettes unless you want dead quiet between tracks) and burn that sucker! instant mix tape.
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stickyfingers101
I saw them being used as headlights on a car in the Dominican Republic.
true story....
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jbwelda
>Pot a song up or down. Insert little bits of recording from television.
Dont see why you cannot do that with cds. Use something like soundforge to create your full length file and you can mix and match sound sources much easier than you could doing cassette tapes. Add track breaks if you want them (something impossible in cassettes unless you want dead quiet between tracks) and burn that sucker! instant mix tape.
jb
That would not work. Making mixtapes I used to go song by song, always taking a look at which snippet of what was on the tape before would follow, which would influence my decision what could follow that, leaving the snippet in there. Mindblowing results
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Hairball
Took me 10 years or so to jump on the cd bandwagon as I attempted to remain "old school" and pretty much stuck in my old ways in to the '90's.
But then there was a release I just HAD to have which was only available on cd at the time, so I tentatively made the plunge and bought it.
From there, bought a boombox that played cd's (along w/my old cassettes), and I was sort of beginning to like what was happening and what I was experiencing.
Then I bought a multi-cd player for my car, and the rest is history...the convenience factor, the nice sound, the "compact" format, etc., etc....
Haven't been able to live without them, but still have a #1 fondness for vinyl and will buy when available, but gets expensive having to buy certain items in multiple formats.
I haven't advanced or evolved to mp3 or any other of that other newfangled garbage yet (lol), but eventually I probably will, and will realize I've been living in the dark ages all these years.
But by the time I ever get around to taking that next plunge into the next level, there will probably be something even newer I'll have to ponder and deal with!
Meanwhile; sorting and reorganizing the old cassette collection - over a thousand of them - home made mix tapes along with official releases...and still love them all.
PS - I've found that old/scratchy obsolete cd's make great targets for the BB gun.
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Hairball
Took me 10 years or so to jump on the cd bandwagon as I attempted to remain "old school" and pretty much stuck in my old ways in to the '90's.
But then there was a release I just HAD to have which was only available on cd at the time, so I tentatively made the plunge and bought it.
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georgemcdonnell314
I still have an 8 track player that works.
I only have two tapes to play in it but it still works.
So does my cassette player and my turntable I have had since 1981.
CD's are not obsolete yet.
The neighbors behind hang their old CD's around their garden to deter animals.
I wonder if my old 8-track player works. I wonder if I still have that Some Girls 8-track tape.
I'll have to check next time I visit my parents.
My old tape player and turntable for sure still work, though the CD player over there is a six-disc tray that is a pain in the butt. But it does work.
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georgemcdonnell314
I still have an 8 track player that works.
I only have two tapes to play in it but it still works.
So does my cassette player and my turntable I have had since 1981.
CD's are not obsolete yet.
The neighbors behind hang their old CD's around their garden to deter animals.
I wonder if my old 8-track player works. I wonder if I still have that Some Girls 8-track tape.
I'll have to check next time I visit my parents.
My old tape player and turntable for sure still work, though the CD player over there is a six-disc tray that is a pain in the butt. But it does work.
Ironically the only two 8 track tapes I have are Some Girls and Pink Floyd Animals.
Isn't Beast of Burden a little longer on the 8 track than the album?
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jahisnotdead
I recently got a little CD player that hangs on the wall, and I put it over my CD rack. I wish it had a visible track display, but other than that it's been a good decision. I like CD's. I enjoyed cassettes as well and I liked making mix tapes. Almost as much fun as getting a good new CD was the anticipation of making a mix tape version frontloaded with my favorite tracks. It was great getting in my car the next day for a drive and popping in a new mixtape of new songs.