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Re:The cassette returns on a wave of nostalgia by naas on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @09:03AM (#19254331)
That's not true. CDs store discrete data and vinyls continous data. However, it is true that CDs can store formats of higher quality than mp3s that cause no sound degradation.

I think the point I was trying to make was that tape is something different than digital. You can download high fidelity files as well and if you buy a CD you'll probably end up importing the files anyway.

With that said, cassettes are definitely not a hifi option and I'm quite sure it's genre dependent as well.

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Re:The cassette returns on a wave of nostalgia by mc32 on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @10:33AM (#19255065)
There was this thing called Digital Audio Tapes, for what it’s worth. Never got much consumer traction though, eventually repurposed for digital data storage, DDS.
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Re:The cassette returns on a wave of nostalgia by einr on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @01:13PM (#19256820)
And there was also DCC, the Digital Compact Cassette.

DAT, of course, saw reasonable success in the recording industry for transferring 2-track digital lossless audio to and fro studios and such before CD burners were commonly available. DCC saw very little, if any, success anywhere :)

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