Finding some old cassette tapes and realizing that I hadn't listened to them at all. I think someone sent them as music to check out.
Finally getting a chance to listen to them.
Whoops.
Unrelated: If anyone tells you that cassettes are better than digital you have my permission to lop off their highs and muddy their lows.
@craigmaloney Remind me, have you already read "Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music" by Greg Milner? http://www.wordyard.com/2010/08/04/perfecting-sound-forever-great-book-on-history-of-recording/
@brainwane I haven't, but that looks interesting. I've noticed myself listening to older recordings and the newer "remastered" recordings how they tend to favor compression over soundstage so this will be an interesting read. Thank you!
@craigmaloney I *love* this book -- it non-condescendingly explained the things I needed to know about pop music and the physics of sound to understand the history of sound recording and playback. Also, it covers magnetic tape, the CD, and autotune, dynamic range & the loudness war, how they test new codecs, and intelligence work during WWII, its career effects on innovators, and intellectual property implications. Plus a bunch more.
@brainwane Wow. That just ratcheted it up in my reading list.
Checked the library system and they have copies available for hold so am planning my next trip downtown to coincide with picking it up.
Thanks again!
@brainwane I think the only thing I have going for me is a few more years of listening to it. That's the only bet I'm willing to make. :)
@craigmaloney You're welcome! I know a lot less about music than you do, I bet, so there may be more stuff in this book you already know, but I predict it'll still be a fun ride.