Over the past few years or so, cassettes have become popular again to a small degree. Besides nostalgia, what is the appeal? The sound quality isn't great and cassettes are prone to getting messed up by the device playing them.
Explain the appeal of this to me, please
Nathan Williams
Robert Howard
I like the way they look and they are easier to move than records.
Nathan Nguyen
I need absolutely everything I can to reinforce my delusions that I am not living in 2022 and this is not the real world
Ayden Edwards
when the internet shuts down analog tech will play music
Carson Rodriguez
it was from ironic hipsters to zoomers wanting to feel included too with the old tech. in a makes no sense but in a world everyone uses bluetooth spofify phones and smart tvs with youtube linked right into their apartment, ig uess they want something physical again to stand out.
. like you said they sound bad and are two steps below records and digital.
Landon Wood
this
Aaron Anderson
Why not vinyl, though? that
1. does not sound like shit
2. at least gives you an excuse to collect large album covers, which is the main appeal of physical media
Levi Reyes
after a while it becomes a chore to constantly try keep up with the latest music format, sometimes it's just easier to stick with what you know
Adrian Baker
can't listen to vinyl in the car
Leo Stewart
vinyl isnt portable, and harder to show off on the bus or to other zoomers at lunch
simple as