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rzemanfl

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2. I found, while digitizing my music some years ago, that old cassettes dirty the tape heads excessively.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 05:33 PM

Feb 2

That was a stupid project for me to undertake because everything had to be done in real time. If I'd paid myself minimum wage, I probably would have enough money to pay for a streaming service for the rest of my life. Of course, there were no such things back then.

I blame Walter Mosley for having a character in one of his novels pay his son a lot of money to put all his vinyl on CDs. Actually, the kid was not really his son. The kid was born to his wife during their marriage. He hired some of his friends to help him and did the job really fast.

Mosley is a must-read author.

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Decided to find my old turntable and hook it up to play my small vinyl collection from days gone by... [View all] wcmagumba Feb 2 OP

I have recordings on vinyl that are out-of-print. no_hypocrisy Feb 2 #1

I found, while digitizing my music some years ago, that old cassettes dirty the tape heads excessively. rzemanfl Feb 2 #2

Too bad those CD-R's might only last 5 years. Shermann Feb 2 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Feb 2 #4

None have failed me so far, but they are all backed up. CD players are getting hard to find. rzemanfl Feb 2 #5