Into cassettedecks again

[darkstar078]

I like to thankx Marco and Beechwoods who - without knowing themself - planted the seeds for me getting seriously into cassettedecks again.

As a teenager I was recording like many of us here at AoS radioshows, vinyl albums, did my own mixtapes, made my own J-cards "art" etc.
My cassettedeck was a TEAC A-360, a great simple deck and I loved it. I still like to own another one if I could find a mint one, but I guess this will not happen. A few months back I bought myself a Nakamichi LX-3 - plus another one for future donor duties. The virus could not be stopped, so I ended up with a CR-4 and CR-5. Fortunately I did have enough tapes, and some blanks too, and I was lucky to pick up lots of tapes at thrift shops for 10-20 cents a piece, mostly chroom and some metal. So now I'm unwind and easy :lolsign:

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/darkstar078/Cassettedecks/TEACA-360.jpg

[bobp]

Congrats! Making of mix tape is becoming the lost art. Getting back to it helps us slow down the hectic tempo of everyday life.

For me, opening of a NOS metal tape is a ritual similar to lighting up Havana cigar.

And speaking of Naks, KEEP THEM ALL RUNNING!!!. If you can not use all three, put them on rotation schedule to ensure each one is used at least once a week.
If left unused, they develop all kind of problems.

[Sketchy]

the mixtape thing is still very alive it has just progressed and evolved rather than dissapeared

you can grab all my mixtapes free here >> http://www.ry-j.co.uk

or here in iTunes >> http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=209719006

nice deck btw, I have a technics dual tape deck for spares or repair if anyone wants it.