Does anyone use/need a (music) cassette deck these days?

[Rick Nebiolo]

I’m posting this here since I’m fairly sure the average person on OOT wouldn’t even know what a cassette tape or deck looks like.

For the first time in years I’m listening to cassette tapes on my living room stereo while I sort through some stuff (tax records [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]) on the floor. I’m mostly playing the few things I don’t have on CD or on my computer or iPod playlists.

I ask because I want to make room on the shelf for pictures and stuff. I’ll probably be giving it away to the Salvation Army/Goodwill or even a deserving poker player on 2+2 (it seems these items don’t fetch much on eBay). The model I have is the Sony TC-KE500S and it’s hardly been used. It seems to be playing well although I haven't tested the record function.

~ Rick

[guids]

I have a Ren and Stimpy tape from when I was a little kid, it would be the only thing Id listen too if I had a tape deck, as its the only tape I have.

[Ineedaride2]

I bought my truck back in '01, and it came from the factory with a tape deck.

It's had Long Cold Winter in it since the first day I had the truck.

I'm not even sure if it would eject now.

I still have some top 40 tapes I recorded off the radio in the late 80's....we didn't have iTunes back then, kids. Problem is, the only player I have is in my truck (referenced above).

[cow_phunk]

i still use a cassette adapter for my ipod. itrip is hell in the city and i haven't gotten around to getting a new stereo. don't need one really.

[Golden_Rhino]

I use my tape deck to make mixed tapes for my car. That's right, my car has a tape deck.

[daryn]

my car has a tape deck. i used to use it a lot. i think i'll get back into it, some dick stole my ipod recently.

[guids]

OMG! ya, thats right, my car has a tapedeck in it too! 50k brand new, I guess thats what they decide to give you, oh man, I cant wait to take a drive and crank up that tape tommorow why didnt I think of this before.

[NLSoldier]

lol i dont think ive even used a CD player in at least 3 years.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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I use my tape deck to make mixed tapes for my car. That's right, my car has a tape deck.

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Mine too (a 96' Saturn Coupe). But I mostly listen to talk radio - the cassette deck screams this "Must Clean" message at me. The sick thing is I have about 200 well recorded tapes of mostly good stuff. But I'm getting a new car next year so I have little motivation to clean the deck or use the tapes.

Fortunately in the eight years we've gone out my gf has never been in my car.

~ Rick

[Rick Nebiolo]

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lol i dont think ive even used a CD player in at least 3 years.

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Although I already can plug my iNano into my main stereo in the living room it doesn't sound quite as good as my CDs (and I've A-B'd the tracks). If copyright issues are ever resolved some day I hope to see high capacity dedicated hard disk or memory based devices holding one's entire music collection in .wav format.

But then again most people don't listen to high fidelity these days.

~ Rick