Trash those records, now we have tape!

Back in the day, audiophiles listened to music on tape, but they were hard to change. Here's an orphaned tape format RCA was eager to sell you: 4 tracks of bliss in one easy-to -load, huge cartridge

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• Ziptrivia
• technology
• tape
• cassette
• music
• mono
• stereo
• hi-fi
• tech
• speed
• audiophile

[CatholicBoy1957]

Back then, we always wore a suit and tie to listen to music at home.

[JENDALL714]

The real truth is these tapes actually sounds better than ipods, ipods play compressed music and you miss the full fidelity. Unfortunately, most people today are sheep and believe what they are told. If you took someone from back then and played ipod for them, they would be impressed by the size, but would be unimpressed by the lack of fidelity.

[RaymundoMazz]

@JENDALL714 Agree, also.. when I listen to tape vinyl or CD, and then compare it to those Mp3's and similair formats I almost always hear a very high noise which could be compared to a constant bleep. And in some songs you can hear a kind of noisy"effect" which I can't describe. Happens mostly when and volume drops or with classical instrument.

[TheMorphite]

@theraiderrobert Depends on high-quality recording source, which type of headphones/speaker system, file formats, etc. I also listened to records and tapes growing up but they were all definitely used or plain cheap, so I personally wouldn't gauge off that alone. Also, modern ears have been trained to appreciate digital sound, whereas analog sound is just a whole different animal.

[disneyfanjilly1]

omg. I never had this as a kid. I guess this might be from the late 50s 60? that lady in the red dress looks like my Grandma when she was younger!!!!!!!!!! OMG. LOL Cool info tho thanks

[jeffthrow6892]

Fascinating......would love to know exactly what year this is from. I suppose these gigantic cartridge's came first, & quickly 8-track & cassettes took over.......

[flexxo1000]

@JENDALL714

nah not really

[PeteLindup]

@basspig Er, it actually sounds like "Diane" to me!

[dontleavehimfaceless]

/watch?v=5yZI230yHnQ

[richardgarrison]

7:09 - Now ready to move the tape recorder out of the closet and into the living room where it belongs. LOL!!!!!

[socksumi]

Looks like a forerunner to the 8 track tape. Problem is this stuff sounded like shit compared to records and open reel tape.

[theraiderrobert]

@JENDALL714 I've done an audio comparison to loss-less formats. The difference is not possible to hear in choral music, which IMHO is a litmus test for fidelity. Also, I have listened to both cassette and records growing up; they definitely sound worse than a modern mp3 player. So sorry. Unless you have super human hearing, you won't notice any difference between these tapes and music you buy off iTunes or in my case Android Music Market.