Cassettes

Sorry I corrected a big typo

>in a way that some other formats couldn't
Yeah they could. And if it's still just the money then subscribe to streaming. If it's still the exposure then those same services give you that or you could use rym etc.

CDs are boring af and completely useless now we have access to digital files with identical quality (if not superior). When I buy a CD, I encode it, put it in a drawer and never look at it again.

Cassettes are fun to collect, cheap and sound different from the digital version. I also think the dynamic is better and the sound clearer (you can isolate instruments like the bass more distinctly), but it's probably just in my head.

They aren't patrician, they aren't plebeian, it's just a format. If you like collecting them then that's cool. I like them because they're cheap to make and buy. Buying online isn't cheating, bandcamp has so many good artists with tapes, I don't know why someone would deprive themselves of that based on some pretense that it's cheating

I haven't bought a tape in a while but I have a bunch of demos that were never released on CD.
Also have a ton of VHSs of stuff that never saw DVD release.

>I also think the dynamic is better and the sound clearer (you can isolate instruments like the bass more distinctly)
>but it's probably just in my head
Yeah, no shit!

My biggest finds have been New Order - Movement, Type O Negative - Slow Deep and Hard, and Kino - Gruppa Kroovy. I'm holding on to the hope that I'll someday find Boltthrower. I have Wolves in the Throne Room's latest release on tape which is kinda kvlt but also not

> I buy a CD, I encode it, put it in a drawer and never look at it again.
Ironically that's what you should be doing with tapes. I have rare 25 year old demos etc that if I ever do play them again, should only be done once when I upload them. If they get eaten I'm fucked.

I spend a lot of time commuting and driving for work and the options for playing music from my phone in the car aren't great. I should upgrade to a stereo with an aux port but I'm poor and would rather spend $5-10 for a bunch of tapes than the $150 or so all at once. Got bills to pay and shit.

>Type o Negative
Fucking fantastic band. World Coming Down is one of the best doom metal albums of all time.