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Tervuren 12-20-2016 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by jwasbury (Post 9402938)
I felt the need to resurrect this thread as cassettes are on the menu once again for me. I recently picked up a new commuter vehicle (1998 MB E300 turbodiesel) which a cassette deck and a CD changer in the trunk. This is my second MB from this era, and in both of them the CD changer is wonky. I spend 4 hours a day commuting, so I want my tunes, but I prefer not to hack up my pristine, one owner Benzs with aftermarket stuff when the factory original stuff sounds pretty darn good. I dug up a few old cassettes and have been rediscovering music that I either never got on CD, and/or hadn't digitized. One thing I like about the cassette format (and also vinyl LP) is that skipping tracks is not convenient. In the CD and now MP3/digital age, its far too easy to have a short attention span and skip songs. Ease of changing tracks makes Shuffle play on the iPod a personal "greatest hits" album. As great as that can be, there's something special about the older formats (LP and cassette) in that they force you to take the album (or one side at least) as a whole. I went to the local vintage record store and bought a few cassettes from the 80's, only $1 each. Really appreciate the format right now, despite the shortcomings.

I believe, there are companies that make a "dummy" cassette, with an audio jack to plug your MP3 player into. Stick in the dummy, and it imitates the reading of the cassette tape from the audio jack input.

aschen 12-20-2016 08:42 AM
you didn't grow up in the 90s if you didnt have one of these :)

https://www.amazon.com/INSTEN-Universal-Cassette-Adapter-Smartphones/dp/B00CRBA9D8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1482255718&sr=8-4&keywords=cd+cassette+car+adapter

jwasbury 12-20-2016 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Tervuren (Post 9403213)
I believe, there are companies that make a "dummy" cassette, with an audio jack to plug your MP3 player into. Stick in the dummy, and it imitates the reading of the cassette tape from the audio jack input.
^well aware of these items, have used them, as well as devices that broadcast your MP3/iPod on FM frequency. Misses my point entirely regarding what I like about the cassette format.

rusnak 12-20-2016 10:39 AM
Time to install my Concord HPL 550 head unit into the Cayman "S".

Scott Douglas 12-20-2016 10:55 AM
Hey Scott, which Sony TCK are you getting rid of?
I've got a TC-K75 but it needs belts.

McLovin 12-20-2016 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by rusnak (Post 9403393)
Time to install my Concord HPL 550 head unit into the Cayman "S".
The radio in my first car in 1982 was this:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1482265147.JPG

Into which I first played this:

http://thumbs1.picclick.com/d/l400/p...sette-Tape.jpg

I seriously can't remember what I had for dinner 2 nights ago, but I can remember that! :)

rusnak 12-20-2016 11:10 AM
^ Where did you find THAT? I think my 550 has bi-amp inputs and a bit more EQ (I think). I'd have to go find it.

jwasbury 12-20-2016 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by McLovin (Post 9403436)
^nice. I've got Duran Duran, a couple Billy Joel's, and Hall & Oats Big Bam Boom album. $1 each. Living and loving the 80's in my late 90's old man sedan.

john70t 12-20-2016 03:10 PM
Until until the 2004+ish Honda CRV:2004 Honda CRV All Wheel Drive
Honda factory radio included an OEM cassette player on each and every dashboard.
Never lose a good customer base.

My mid-90's Subaru rust-bucket is still running strong.
And so is the OEM tape cassette media player.

Today:
New plastic jewel cases for DVD/CD are hard and designed to break the purchased media unless delicately manipulated.
Designed to break...

rusnak 12-20-2016 03:15 PM
Come to think of it, my parents '97 Benz has a cassette tape player. It's just hidden under the faceplate. I never realized it because of the multiple cd changer. I don't think anyone's ever used it even once.

scottmandue 12-20-2016 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas (Post 9403413)
Hey Scott, which Sony TCK are you getting rid of?
I've got a TC-K75 but it needs belts.
Pretty sure it is a TCK-K sixty something... let me check when I get home and I will get back to you.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tervuren (Post 9403213)
I believe, there are companies that make a "dummy" cassette, with an audio jack to plug your MP3 player into. Stick in the dummy, and it imitates the reading of the cassette tape from the audio jack input.
I had one of those, but I plugged it into my portable CD player :D

Tervuren 12-20-2016 04:03 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jwasbury (Post 9403293)
^well aware of these items, have used them, as well as devices that broadcast your MP3/iPod on FM frequency. Misses my point entirely regarding what I like about the cassette format.
For me, personally, if I'm hitting the skip button on a track, I need to find another CD to put in that spot. I like albums designed to flow in either thought or sound, from one song to another.

I currently do have an exception loaded into my car though, there were two songs written after the album production was in process, I skip those two to get the album as it should of been released.

jwasbury 12-20-2016 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Tervuren (Post 9403817)
For me, personally, if I'm hitting the skip button on a track, I need to find another CD to put in that spot. I like albums designed to flow in either thought or sound, from one song to another.

I currently do have an exception loaded into my car though, there were two songs written after the album production was in process, I skip those two to get the album as it should of been released.
^sounds as if your A.D.D. is not so severe as mine. But I expect we all have our favorite songs, and the digital formats make instant gratification too easy.

Aside from the fact that as a listener you are "forced" into hearing a complete set of tracks, I also think the length of the LP format is ideal for that. Of course commercially manufactured cassettes and early Compact Discs followed that formula, so lend themselves to consumption of an entire album. Once CDs took hold, record companies started filling the extra space the format allows with bonus tracks and they became too long for my wandering attention I suppose. Now in fully digital land, the concept of an album is going away. People often just buy individual songs.

72doug2,2S 12-20-2016 05:05 PM
I'm back buying vinyl. Sounds better and it's more fun to play.

Scott R 12-20-2016 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by rusnak (Post 9403751)
Come to think of it, my parents '97 Benz has a cassette tape player. It's just hidden under the faceplate. I never realized it because of the multiple cd changer. I don't think anyone's ever used it even once.
My 1999 996 has one from the factory.

cashman 12-20-2016 06:27 PM
I just bought a 95 M3 with a cassette player. Still have all of my 80's cassettes. Was going out to dinner with my wife and remembered I still had them. Ran into the house and picked the first one I saw. Popped in a B52's cassette. It was awesome.

dlockhart 12-21-2016 08:19 AM
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Pazuzu 12-21-2016 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 72doug2,2S (Post 9403898)
I'm back buying vinyl. Sounds better and it's more fun to play.
That does look like fun!
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1482341330.jpg

Pazuzu 12-21-2016 08:31 AM
I'll tell you why this thread was started, what caused the resurgence of cassette love...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1482341459.jpg

End of story.

rusnak 12-21-2016 08:36 AM
wait a cotton pickin minute. I saw that movie, and it lies. You can not get that kind of sound out of a cassette tape!


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