I can't remember which artist said it, but i was listening to the radio while driving to work and that guy said he actually liked the sound of the album (and mix) on casette better. Can imagine that it can do something with the ambiance.
Was looking for a casettedeck for nostalgic reasons, but like posted before they're really expensive. I still have some old tapes lying around at my parents and would love to listen to them some day. Would also like to have a cd player, but those a pricey too! Just hate to start up my Xbox every time i want to listen to a cd, while a cd player boots up almost immediately.
I grew up when the cd was the main media, but my dad still had vinyl records. I got a vinyl player few years ago and actually prefer it over cd. Compared to cd's (or digital media) the sound is a but muddy, but the reminds me more of the raw sounds when performing live. Downside is obviously that they need a lot of space. But we live in a great time where there are tons of options. When cooking in the kitchen the Marshall bluetooth speaker and my phone is more than enough, but i like once in a while just so sit in my couch, put a vinyl record on and just sit and enjoy it. Just something about having to manually put it on the table, put the needle on and halfway through flip the record.