Poll Will compact discs or cassettes ever become collectible like vinyl records?

[ChiSoxFan]

It’s sad that generations of people will never know the innocent love of giving and receiving a mixed tape.

You really knew someone was into you when you got one because of how much time it took to make one.

How about burning CDs for people in the early 2000s? Same vibe.

"Hey girl, I made this Blink-182 mix for you. Want to do hand stuff?"

 

[Guy Incognito]

It’s sad that generations of people will never know the innocent love of giving and receiving a mixed tape.

You really knew someone was into you when you got one because of how much time it took to make one.

Which character are you in High Fidelity?

 

[RobBase]

How about burning CDs for people in the early 2000s? Same vibe.

"Hey girl, I made this Blink-182 mix for you. Want to do hand stuff?"

Yup. Definitely did that too. I was a real romantic.

 

[ill]

It’s sad that generations of people will never know the innocent love of giving and receiving a mixed tape.

You really knew someone was into you when you got one because of how much time it took to make one.

My wife and I have a running thing where on Fridays she sends me a song on Spotify that she likes that makes her think of me or whatever...We keep them in a playlist.

not exactly the same thing, but it works

I keep thinking about how much time I wasted searching and downloading free mp3s...kids will never understand that

 

[ill]

Which character are you in High Fidelity?

definitely Ian

 

[RobBase]

My wife and I have a running thing where on Fridays she sends me a song on Spotify that she likes that makes her think of me or whatever...We keep them in a playlist.

not exactly the same thing, but it works

I keep thinking about how much time I wasted searching and downloading free mp3s...kids will never understand that

Napster was my bff.

 

[ill]

Napster was my bff.

I lived on the edge with Kazaa...then I got into bit torrents, which was tits.

 

[Guy Incognito]

Napster was my bff.

I found eMusic at one point in college. They had a crazy library of indie and low-tier major label stuff at one point, and it was like $10/month for unlimited downloads when it started. It's still like 80% of my digital library at this point. Most of the stuff I Napster/LimeWire/BearShared is on a hard drive that died.

 

[ill]

I found eMusic at one point in college. They had a crazy library of indie and low-tier major label stuff at one point, and it was like $10/month for unlimited downloads when it started. It's still like 80% of my digital library at this point. Most of the stuff I Napster/LimeWire/BearShared is on a hard drive that died.

I moved all my stuff to an external hard drive along with all my college docs...that I will likely never ever access again in my life.

 

[Guy Incognito]

I moved all my stuff to an external hard drive along with all my college docs...that I will likely never ever access again in my life.

My mp3s are on YouTube music, so I can still stream them whenever. I may not have all the actual files at this point, though.

 

[ill]

My mp3s are on YouTube music, so I can still stream them whenever. I may not have all the actual files at this point, though.

I honestly don't know if I ever really see myself listening to Say Anything or Alkaline Trio ever again...

althgouth I do have Say Anything Is a Real Boy... on vinyl...

 

[Inquisitor]

I have 2 unopened boxes of wheaties from 1995

The Breakfast of Champions and you refuse to eat it.

No wonder you're losing all the time.

 

[Guy Incognito]

I honestly don't know if I ever really see myself listening to Say Anything or Alkaline Trio ever again...

althgouth I do have Say Anything Is a Real Boy... on vinyl...

I mean, it doesn't hit the same as it did when I was stumbling through college, but "Radio" is still a banger.

 

[PeoplesChicken]

I have 2 unopened boxes of wheaties from 1995

Depends on who is on the boxes?

 

[ChiSoxFan]

Depends on who is on the boxes?

Ron Karkovice and Frank Thomas, naturally.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Vinyl never truly went away. I don’t remember the last time I saw a cassette player.

 

[packerzrule]

Depends on who is on the boxes?

I remember having a box of Wheaties with Bruce Jenner on it.

That fuckin retard!!

 

[ill]

I mean, it doesn't hit the same as it did when I was stumbling through college, but "Radio" is still a banger.

that was a good one

 

[Guy Incognito]

Vinyl never truly went away. I don’t remember the last time I saw a cassette player.

There was a point in like the late aughts/early 2010s where indie bands were selling tapes because a lot of the used cars on the market had tape decks in them still.

 

[Red_Alert]

30 years ago very few people were collecting vinyl records. You pretty much either gave them away or just boxed them up and let them collect dust. Now they are highly collectible. Cassettes (in various forms) replaced the record, and then the CD. Will the collectibility evolve too?

Dating myself, but always enjoyed reading the liner notes from inside the cassette cases and CD's used to come in boxes that were very similar to a record sleeve. They were kind of works of art.

IMO, no. Maybe for the original cases the cassette or CD came in, but that's it.

The reason is because the move to cassettes and CD's lost sound quality. Particularly CD's because they're 100% digital. You've got a high (5v) and a low (0v), You lose everything sound in between the 0v and the 5v.

A vinyl record player needle (turntable) with a tube type amplifier is actually the best sound that can be achieved because the amplification of sound is on a curve. Whether you realize it or not, you get to hear what the digital omits.

Your best concert bands still use tube type Marshall Amps in their live performances for that very reason.