Save your Blank Cassettes
 

I've been pretty cavalier, reaching into my supply of high bias 90 minute TDK and Maxell tapes while dubbing old rock for my honorary nephew who has a working tape deck in his beater Subaru. Decided I'd go online and look at today's replacement costs, since my stash is decades old stuff, bought for around $1.25 each according to a price tag still attached to one pack.

HOLY MARTHA! I had no idea. So, I'd advise anybody with a stash of high bias stuff to use it carefully. It'll cost you to replace...around $10.00 each.

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VHS tapes are pricey too.

I have a few old blank TDK cassette tapes, not many though. Still have a LOT of audio cassettes. There is a tape player in the 914, and I have a bunch of mixed tapes from when I was doing the music for our college parties. Listen to that stuff in the garage on the old water resistant Sony cassette deck.

SX-70 film is costly, too.

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I gave up on cassettes tapes 20+ years ago. CDs are cheap, and it is easy to make a full quality "mix-tape" on CD. I finally gave up on that, and put everything I own on a thumb drive, and put that on random. Play. Done.

I can skip a track in 1/2 second.

I have gone away from tapes, and am not missing the cassettes anymore than I miss 8 tracks.

To each their own...when I'm in a mood to simply relax. I don't head for the CD's or my Ipod...I'll go to my tapes. Have many of them from the days when friends would swap & lend LP's. Place one in my old Nakamichi deck, kick back in the recliner...ahhh. Nostalgia...memories hooked to many of those old tunes. Once in a while I'll pull old LP's off the shelf as well, but the tape is easier with 45 minutes to a side. Maybe it's my old ears, but to them, tapes I made decades ago still sound damned good.

My Sony deck started eating tapes after I'd had it gone thru with new belts. Not sure what is the cause. I'm debating if I'll have it looked at or not.
As it is, my reel to reel is still working so I use it instead.

The price of typewriters are going up too.

'Guardians of the Galaxy' Becomes First Soundtrack in History Without New Songs to Land No. 1 Spot

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I was primarily a TDK guy. A group of us would buy them by the case.

Cassette tapes - even unused ones, have a shelf life. So hoarding them doesn't work well!

I do have some nice quantegy 60s and 90s for sale if anyone wants them.

I was a Maxell guy...new albums were recorded, and two college buds trusted me with their's ;). Last played in the 911 mebbe 17 years ago...still sounded good.....for tape :(.

DAT be different....save yer DATS ;)!

Tape is tape....

Some of you may get this...

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...or this

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My niece ended my 8-track collection...pulling the tape out of most when she wuz 3-4....fortunately...the 80s were here by then!

the price is high because there is little demand and little on offer.
so those who have some sit on it waiting for the occasional demand.

It's not gold and won't be any time soon

I have investments...not hanging on to them as investments, but to use. Surfing the web has me believing that there is a group out there that was born in the CD era that are flocking back to analog...going ga-ga over tube amps, $$$ turntables and vinyl, and yes..tape. To each his own.

Gogar, the old tapes play okay in the Subaru tape deck...and sound good in my old Nakamichi home deck. Probably my old ears having a limited range...Home unit is played through reconed JBL speakers...

(edit) But from now on, I'll use my Nakamichi deck to record directly from the LP instead of using my cheap double well Pioneer deck to dub. Although I doubt my honorary nephew will be able to hear the difference as he rolls that old Subie along...

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