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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: K8teebug on August 24, 2020, 09:17:43 am

Title: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: K8teebug on August 24, 2020, 09:17:43 am
Hi everyone! Hope you're doing ok. We are completing our rock and roll basement (complete with Marshall amp beer fridge) and I was thinking of getting a cassette/cd player so we can listen to them.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XXDH115/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A4PYJWWUW7MYI&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YYWLGSL/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A2PBCS3R35PEVB&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MC2QSMQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A219JEZROCCFAF&psc=1

Does anyone have opinions on these? Or have a different recommendation? We wouldn't use the record player, as we have a nice one upstairs. Just looking for something that's not a billion dollars and sounds semi-decent.

Thanks for the advice!
Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: day of love-hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 24, 2020, 10:03:13 am
I'd go full on retro and something you can put on your shoulder as you do the Humpty dance
https://www.amazon.com/Victrola-Bluetooth-Boombox-Cassette-Player/dp/B07JDS2D2R
only $99 and can stream from your phone

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/713tC-huJrL._AC_SL1384_.jpg)

Just looking for something that's not a billion dollars and sounds semi-decent.
Umm cassettes in their best shape sound semi-decent and it's all downhill from there

You should has Walky if he's still got his boom box
Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: hutch on August 24, 2020, 10:14:03 am
Do they still make CD players? Mine (One of those Sony 5 disc tray things that were ubiquitous in the 1990s) is about to give out...I bought this one like new at a thrift store about 10 years ago




Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: K8teebug on August 24, 2020, 10:22:22 am
They do still make them! That retro one was on my list, but seems like it eats tapes.
Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: K8teebug on August 24, 2020, 10:23:42 am
Do they still make CD players? Mine (One of those Sony 5 disc tray things that were ubiquitous in the 1990s) is about to give out...I bought this one like new at a thrift store about 10 years ago

Our sony gave out a few months ago. Only buying vinyl these days, but still want to be able to play from our collection.
Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: StoneTheCrow on August 24, 2020, 10:42:23 am
I'd LOVE to see the Marshall amp beer fridge.

Wish I could help on the cassettes. I gave up on them after my 3rd-and-last unit died. Subsequently tossed my 1,000+ cassettes.  I think I saved 3 or 4 of them.
Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT on August 24, 2020, 10:46:43 am
Guys, Vansmack is going to be so mad.
Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: hutch on August 24, 2020, 11:07:54 am
I donated 99.9% of my cassettes to a thrift store...



Sometimes I regret it





Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: day of love-hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 24, 2020, 11:29:26 am
they just don't last.  At least CDs and Vinyl will play well decades later
if you really liked the tape and listend to it a lot...likelyhood it will be in even worse shape
Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: vansmack on September 11, 2020, 02:09:18 pm
Guys, Vansmack is going to be so mad.

This is unfucking believable.

People.  Staying inside is clearly making you all go mad.  Get outside.  Stay socially distanced and wear a mask, but for god's sake get some fresh air.  It's not like your living in CA!

If you want cassette quality, slow the playback speed of your digital files to .8 or .9, or if you're feeling really crazy develop a slider so you can alternate the playback speed between .7 and 1.2 at random because that's what listening to a cassette is like.....

Now what was I looking for again before I stumbled on this thread?
Title: Re: Reccs for a cassette/cd player?
Post by: K8teebug on September 13, 2020, 10:30:46 am
Well, the Boytone works...

And we are getting outside every day running 4-5 miles. Just finally fixing up our rock and roll basement.

Will post some pics of the (awesome) marshall fridge later.