> From: Dan Dugan <>
Walt, you wrote
>
>>>When cassette came out I was highly disappointed to have it push reel to
>>>reel out.
>
>
> I was upset that people would play them on the air, not "broadcast
> quality," but I got over it.
I got over it too, though I still think about it from time to time.
>>>The quality of consumer analog tape recordings would have a
>>>different history if all the development lavished on cassette had of
>>>been on reel to reel.
>
>
> But cassette changed the world; it made the ability to record sound
> anywhere affordable to anyone, and possible without an elaborate
> setup.
It did that. Just as it's replacement, MD, continues to do. Though I
know plenty of folks who have still not made that transition. Like the
energizer bunny, cassette just keeps going and going, even though it's
not the best.
Walt
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