re: Do you think cassette players will ever make a comeback?

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still holding out for the return of eight tracks

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You'll need one of these.

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The drawbacks of tapes, just like LPs, is that they are not durable.

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Not really. Properly cared for and stored LPs still sound great. I still have abut 400 original pressings from the 1970’s.

Nope, vinyls yes though it’s ongoing

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Trying to decide if I should throw away my box of old cassette tapes.

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Save your laser disks too.

Not sure but I found a Sony PSP and PlayStation 1 the other day in my house. You think those will make a comeback too?

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I hate that mini discs never took off. They were far more durable and more portable than CDs.

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Preach! MD was an incredible technology.

When they came out, you could also record onto MD which, at the time, was not a possibility with CDs.

I still fire up my Nakamichi DR-3 from time to time. That's one hell of a tape deck. I use metal tapes and Dolby noise reduction, too.

The top deck is my 1987 Nakamichi CR-7A...on par with Dragon (often times preferred in pro environments due to lack of auto-reverse and manual azimuth adjustment).

There were only about 10 or so cassette decks produced back in the 1982-1992 era that would allow a user to push the limit of the capabilities of a 1/8”, 4-track medium (Nakamichi, Studer/Revox, and Tandberg led the pack), and they weren’t inexpensive...about $1800-2000 back in the mid ‘80’s—$4500-5000 in today’s coin).





Below is the Mother of blank cassette tape...TDK MA-XG...one cassette would set you back around $12 in 1988!...but they are the best you can find for that medium (Sony Metal Master is very close as well) Maxell MA-X is also really good tape. As for CrO2 tape, it’s hard to beat Denon HD8.





But if you really want to play with tape, just acquire one of these...

I regret taping over my Spin Doctors mix tape.

Charlie - Serpico