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diff --git a/content/posts/cassettes.md b/content/posts/cassettes.md deleted file mode 100644 index 5b8f6b6..0000000 --- a/content/posts/cassettes.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Cassettes -date: 2024-03-27 -extra: - kind: note ---- - -I like the idea of cassettes. They are cheap and analog, and there’s a culture of sharing and trading them. I like the sound of tape saturation and hysteresis. - -They feel much more approachable than vinyls. I dislike snobbery. - -## So I bought a cassette player - -{{ fig(src="/files/cassette_player.jpeg", alt="A Sony cassette recorder next to a pile of cassettes") }} - -It’s a Sony TCM-459V and it’s only a bit noisy and wobbly. It can record too. - -After listening to all of my tapes (not very many, see picture), A side and B side, I can safely say that I like cassettes. - -## Maintenance - -The manual says that the innards need cleaning (rubbing alcohol + q-tip) after every 10 hours of operation. I don’t think this unit has ever been cleaned. - -The belts might also need changing since they apparently go bad after a while. - -## Tapes catch on fire - -I read on the internet that peoples’ tapes have spontaneously combusted. This is a thing to avoid. |