40 years ago? Yeah, that doesn't make me feel old at all.

It was a good cassette, I used hundreds, maybe thousands, of them to good effect.

That was a funny ad, I remember when it first came out

I'm glad those days are over [tapes], all the way to the annoying CD process which as far as I'm concerned might as well be an 8-track anyway.....be gone with the CD I say! Baawaaaahhhhhh

piezoman wrote on 05/23/22 at 21:01:20:


I agree, Brad, even Redbook CD could improve for us by huge leaps just by companies getting over themselves.
Just by catering to the few who care they would increase sales. The MANY who don't care would hardly notice any difference and CDs could sound so much better for everyone.
 But we tender few who DO care would probably buy more.
Sounds like a win for both to me.

As far as giving up on cassettes, we all did that long ago, BUT, I kept my best player and I have things like a very rare "Kind Of Blue" on metal cassette that I will have a hard time parting with. Beatles White Album on FerroChrome, barely played.
Over three hundred old cassettes, similar I will probably not play again, but SHIT!@!!

How do you throw away Miles Davis, Steely Dan, Patsy Cline, Black Sabbath, Jim Croce, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix Billie Holiday or the Beatles? I've always had all the Beatles, except for when they were still releasing recordings. Then I was waiting for the next.

I haven't found a reason to throw them away, regardless of the format.

True, most folks ran those with Crown or McIntosh sand piles, in those days.

I still have pair of the original Professional Series, Studio Monitor version, 4311, in industrial gray.  
They were half decent for 12s. Intended for close field monitors using 75W or so.
Mine are stored awaiting a nip and a tuck. Very close to perfect, but old, in need of restoration. Everyone lost the grilles back then, so no grilles, but still working since 79' when I stored them a few years back.

But they really can not do what the vid depicts.