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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:35:14 GMT
From: saabsternopsameja.com
Subject: Re: What happened to AS2 & AS3?


Where can you find MDs cheaper than cassette? A 90-min. Cr02 cassette usually goes for $1. I've never seen a blank MD for under $5. And yes, I too am a vinyl fanatic, but it's just not practical having a turntable in my ride. Saabster 85 900 In article <d1nB5.63551$F9.1262211nopsam.corecomm.net>, "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.com> wrote: > > Despite the ignorant efforts of > > car manufacturers and the recording industry to replace them with MDs, > > cassettes won't die soon, for they are a cheap, compact means of storing > > music. > > Which car manufacturers are are trying to replace anything with MiniDiscs? > I can't find it as being available in any car model that I am looking at. > > While I agree that cassetes won't die soon, I find MD's less expensive, more > compact and much more durable than cassettes. I started switching to > minidisc after having several cassettes break in my car deck when I wanted > to listen to something. I will admit that the cassettes I was using were > old, but they didn't have nearly the one million record/play cycles that MDs > are rated for. Three MDs take up less space than one cassette, and they can > hold up to 7 1/2 hours of material (mono). Even in stereo, the 3 1/4 hours > of playing time is 50% more than what the longest cassette can hold....and > with MD you don't have to wait 10 minutes fast forwarding if the part you > want to hear is at the end of the tape. > > Cassettes will be around for awhile; but then again I still have some LPs > around too! > > Walt Kienzle > > <saabsternopsameja.com> wrote in message news:8r2kqs$6rh$1nopsam1.deja.com... > > Aren't cassettes underrated these days? If you can stand the hiss the > > sound isn't bad, but best of all they're smaller than cds and can be > > dropped, scratched, stepped on, and still play like new. CDs in the > > cabin are a nuisance--bulky, awkward. That's why I fitted my car with a > > Clarion cassette deck with a CD Changer Control. Just load it up with 10 > > CDs once a week, and that, coupled with my collection of tapes in the > > cubbyhole beneath the ashtray, provides a maximum of musical variety. > > Cassette tapes have been around for nearly 40 years, 15 of which have > > been during the mass-marketing of CDs. Despite the ignorant efforts of > > car manufacturers and the recording industry to replace them with MDs, > > cassettes won't die soon, for they are a cheap, compact means of storing > > music. > > > > Saabster > > 85 900 8v > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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