Re: [ARSCLIST] The end of the cassette ? ? ?

[Steve Abrams <steve.abrams@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just did a search for cassettes on Amazon.com and got 177,692 results.

I do have a question about cassettes.  Many of us still have hundreds of 
cassettes.  Our sole interest is in listening to the cassettes or 
transferring them to CDs or computer files.

I am surprised that no one seems to make good playback equipment which does 
not record. Surely there would be a number of advantages to such machines. 
Cheap playback machines were often found in the early days of the cassette.

SA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] The end of the cassette ? ? ?


> This is just about the last "mass" market for cassettes in the U.S., I 
> think. I'm not sure where you could buy a modern commercial music release 
> in the U.S. or western Europe -- or if such a thing is even manufactured 
> anymore. I think commercial music is still released on cassettes in parts 
> of the Third World.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:05 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] The end of the cassette ? ? ?
>
>
> > This article talks about the end of the cassette for "talking books".
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/business/media/28cassette.html
> >
> > It has some interesting statistics in it.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > Richard L. Hess                   email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Aurora, Ontario, Canada       (905) 713 6733     1-877-TAPE-FIX
> > Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
> > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.