Anyone still listen to Cassettes?

[bendixmark]

I love cassettes

I have always made mix cassettes to listen to in my late 80s Ford cars using my nakamichi DR-3 tape deck and tdk sax90 tapes.I have an an early 1970s Pioneer receiver similar to the ones in this thread as they sound incredible.With all this my tapes sound terrific.I cant tell you how many times somebody has said oh I burned a cd for you and I take it home and it sounds like crap.I end up using the cd for a frisbee that summer.I also have a shortstack of backup receivers and tapedecks because one minus one is none.Tapes have a much brighter live sound that I like better also.

 

[cfz2882]

new "premium"blank tapes

anyone know if any of the cassette tape producers still make audiophile high grade
blank cassettes?-haven't seen any in the stores for a while,but haven't any other
sources-i have a huge stash of blanks-mostly bought at 2nd hand stores,pawn shops,
etc.The BASF"chromedioxide"are a special favorite though a recently scored a stash
of 76 min.taiyo yuden"triad"premium cassettes that sound great too.
Ca.1988,there were some cassettes that had metal sides on the hubs and no slipliner
in the case so the cassette resembled an open reel tape deck.
I think there were some of these"reel"cassettes that were high grade along with
cheapie immitations from hong kong...