This story on BBC says that cassette tapes do not have long left, “at least in the West.” However, this is a little bit different in other parts of the world, such as Saudi Arabia, where cassettes account for 70% of music sales. Even though the sound qulaity of CDs is much better, I still prefer to get cassettes to listen to in my car. I don’t know exactly, but something about those audio tapes feels different and special. Probably it is the memories attached to the tapes that makes me still want to own more of these.
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How can you deal with the clutter? Personally, I like the memories as well. And I know in Saudi they are still very much a part of every day life. I’ve personally moved on to cd’s and even those at least in the car have been retired to the mp3 player I can hook up to the auxilary port of my car deck. :(
I also have tonnes of cassettes, because as a kid cassettes were cheaper for me to get from my pocket money, plus I had a walkman and cars did not have cd players. I have also moved onto CDs, since I have an iPod now. Now, I cannot remember when the last time was I bought a cassette. On top of that, there are programs like Limewire and Kazaa where we can get any song we want.
Mansur