Quote Originally Posted by michaelhigh View Post
I still have 1000+ cassettes, I still listen quite a bit, but don't make compilations as I once did often. I even wore out a Philips CDR I bought used for $125 at a second-hand store making dupes and comps... It is cool seeing the yunguns scrambling for blanks in the thrifts, and it's good to see that the medium isn't totally washed up. I make sure to use good gain structure, store them properly, never play them more than once a day (per tape of course), and they seem to hold up well. I have a little bit of everything (media-wise) except rtr, and even have a few 8-tracks on my "B" rig just for fun...
1000+ tapes!

Good grief - I though I was overdoing it with (only) 200+.

Despite enthusiasm for the medium shown by the likes of Nick (Beechwoods) and Alex (Nikitin), I have largely abandoned the use of cassette - apart from a Nakamichi machine connected to the TV to record the occasional performance.

Regards