Brief Introduction

I gave up tape because of the technology - the actual tape gradually loses the data - the little magnetic dipoles that make up the surface are in such close formation that they affect each other over time - high frequencies fade over time - and the actual tape is choosy about its storage.

The other problem is the player - without regular use, the pinch roller will be deformed causing odd playback wowing and all the internal belts age and break so the system will eat your tapes.   

All these problems get worse with longer tapes like C120.

All too much hassle.

True, I remember the days of when CD was mainstream. My dad's record player broke down in 2001 when CD was hot and vinyl wasn't and it took him ages to get a new one. My tape recorder broke down so I couldn't be bothered with tapes but I never chucked them (I got a new one that can play tapes) but the thing is with me the sound quality goes weak if you don't listen to it like every few years and they like to get stuck inside a player (How many times I had to rescue a tape from being eaten alive by my first tape recorders)

Yeah - if it was designed for vinyl, it's best heard on vinyl.   We've got thousands of albums and singles too - my record collecting began in 1978 - some absolutely magic tracks from back then - the start of Electro!

When CDs became mainstream, you could pick up vinyl for nothing.

I abandoned tape years ago - too rubbish to bother with.

How do I change my name please? I can't find it in settings.

Exactly, I just prefer physical formats than anything else cause it's an item specifically produced to hold that album/ single/ EP etc and nothing else. When you listen to music on your phone you can do other things on it too like browse internet, take photos, call and text someone etc. Very similar on your PC, tablet and so on. My dad has been collecting vinyls since 1986 and lately he's been selling and trading some but still has a large collection of his own (Jazz and Heavy Metal sells really well) and that's where I got the bug to collect music on physical formats. I use to have a vinyl collection of my own (About 50 titles till 2012) and up to 2016 I use to update often my audio tapes collections so CD's is not the only format I have respect and admiration for but I like it the most.

Yeah - practically worthless now - but streaming is usually very low quality and can be cut off or monetised at any time.       If I have the original, I've always got that data.   And CDs are on ebay for a pound with free postage.

It's always been the same with record companies - most cash for least effort - let all the small labels take the initial risks.

I know CD's have really gone down on price recently because nearly everyone streams or downloads stuff. I don't stream except doing views on YouTube and I haven't downloaded any music in years. Late 80's were wicked period for 80's, I like watching TOTP from that period when they were on BBC 4 cause I met so many good songs that I wouldn't have met otherwise. Same story came with Hip Hop and then Rap, started off underground, got noticed and secured a large fan base and then the man in suits saw it as profit and started using it as a cash cow.

aidie said:

i have a word game discussion here have a go for a laugh it has a load of contributors

Lol - *You* have....

Bless you we have sunny weather where I live today too. I love days like that, I'm summer's baby and often and long periods of rain make me depressed.

The dance music really took off about 1988-ish-  lots of classics from back then.    I think it peaked around 1992 and then it became a cash-cow for the record companies and the quality went right down.

I've actually been collecting the 'good' versions of CD-versions of classic vinyl - before they got 'remastered' to death.

When I started buying CDs, they were only sold in hi-fi shops because they were so much more expensive than records.

I'll change my name no worries, I'll get on top of it soon. Charity shops are excellent for CD's I did a tour like that when I was living on my own. Lately I been buying them from eBay or HMV if it's cheaper.

I'll do, I been alright lately. Danger has stayed out of my way for the last week. I'll change my name to Roger cause NAS73316 makes it sound like a name of robot from Star Wars franchise lol 

yes i am just back from a long walk it was way too hot to walk today had to stay in the shade

We work hard too, it's exhausting work but I love it personally. I don't like jobs where you don't move a lot or the ones that tend to be often quiet. When I'm at work I am completely different person and forget all my troubles away. It's beneficial for me like long walks, long baths or music.

It's nice you can buy your manure so cheaply. 

i have a word game discussion here have a go for a laugh it has a load of contributors

community.autism.org.uk/.../keep-a-word-drop-a-word-game

also the Daily Updates is popular and a regular for some 

https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/22258/daily-updates-3

i have alot of experience in panic attacks and there control let me know if you want to talk about it 

What?! that's so awesome, man I wish I was alive back then to attend the old school raves. My parents friend who gave me my first CD told me about raves in Poland during early 90's and how mad they were. I always liked EDM but only started listening to it massively about 7 - 8 years ago then I went off to Rock for a while and I came back in 2018. You get some good EDM songs from time to time in the charts like Heartbreak Anthem by Galantis, David Guetta and Little Mix or Believe Me by Navos but I still think 80's and 90's were the golden age for EDM and Rap too. I guess if you been collecting CD's since the mid 80's you got a lot bigger collection than mine, I got roughly 1000 titles in mine. I would love to have Brothers In Arms on CD. Money For Nothing which was a single from that album was the first single to be put out on CD but they only made 400 copies of it so it's very hard to get it. The first single to be available on CD that gone to no. 1 in UK was I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston in 1987.

if u plan on staying ideally change the NAS73316 to a name we can remember like roger ---- and then feel free to join in any of the discussions. Dont publish anything that can identify you in any way.

I am just back from a tour of 7 - 8 charity shops u can buy CDs in some by the Box . They cost very little second hand.

yea just bought peat free compost 60L for 3.99 quid the bags where going fast. I love my local Lidl. the staff there are so hard working

I'm an EDM fan - had my own studio up until recently.   I'm old enough to have been part of the old 1992 classic sampler-based dance scene.    I got into the electronic music back in the late 70s - I just loved the sounds that synths made.       I liked the empty, clean sounds from John Foxx, BEF and New Music

I bought my first CD player back in 1985 - they gave me Dire Straits 'Brothers in Arms' CD for free.   The start of my collection.