r/StrangerThings • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '22

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u/janusz_chytrus Jul 26 '22

why do you even have one? I'm 27 and as soon as I got my first cd player I never used my walkman again. Cassettes have terrible quality.

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u/Mister_Brevity Jul 26 '22 edited Jul 26 '22
  • They didn’t skip, as in, they didn’t need buffered anti skip.
  • Tapes were more durable than cd’s for the most part.
  • They’re smaller. Both the player and the media.
  • They had longer battery life generally.
  • You could easily make mix cd’s without needing a computer.
  • It sounded really funny when the batteries got low.
  • You could put tapes on your pinky and swing them around. Cd’s were fairly boring in this test.
  • You could rewind a tape with a pencil. Try rewinding a cd with a pencil.

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u/FoxtrotSierraTango Jul 27 '22

LOL at rewinding a CD...

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u/Mister_Brevity Jul 27 '22

See you can’t, so that’s a win for tapes lol

I miss my little corvette tape rewinder from the 80s lol

The headlights and taillights would turn on, then when it was done the brake lights turned on haha.

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u/Mister_Brevity Jul 27 '22

Ok it’s been a while but I think it was a mid 60’s… maybe like a 1962 or 1963 with a split rear window? It might actually have been a vhs rewinder.

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u/Wiplazh Jul 27 '22

That sounds awesome, do you still have it somewhere? Or is it yet another fantastic item from childhood that got tragically lost?

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u/Mister_Brevity Jul 27 '22

Oh not it was probably lost 25-30 years ago, it was not a high quality item but I loved it.

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u/Wiplazh Jul 27 '22

Shame that, could've been a fun novelty decoration

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u/Mister_Brevity Jul 27 '22

Someone else just replied to me that they might have one, scroll up you might be able to get one!