Subj : Re: Tapes
To   : k9zw
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri May 17 2024 00:42:00

-=> k9zw wrote to n2qfd <=-

 k9> Has the print-through and degregation issues of tape been mitigated
 k9> with the newer systems?


 Tape was never about high fidelity, it was about being able to bring
 music with you - and later to share music. The glitches became part of
 the memory.

 I listen to MP3 versions of songs I had on tape, and they don't "feel"
 right without that one part where the tape crumpled when it ejected and
 the tape snagged, or where the tape did that mobius loop thing where
 you'd hear the B side in reverse where the tape was folded, or the
 skip/noise on the record I recorded it from.



.... All of this has happened before, and it will happen again.
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