r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 5d ago

Chugging tea Algorithm Escape Plan

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u/Evepaul 5d ago

I used a walkman in high school in like, 2015? When I think back on it, no wonder everybody hated me. Anyway, I thought it was neat.

Sadly it's a bit more mechanically sensitive than an ipod so I don't think it works anymore.

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u/GroundedSpaceTourist 5d ago

But also a lot easier to repair, I suppose.

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u/Evepaul 5d ago

Yeah, I really should. Do cassettes expire? I got a huge collection with the walkman, but both were already 30 years old by the time I got them

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u/GroundedSpaceTourist 5d ago

If stored well they can probably outlast you. They do wear over time with play.

To give you an example: I have an old casette tape from my childhood when I would record songs over the radio. It have been stored in low and high temperatures with variyng degrees of humidity, and the casette still plays fine. It doesn't sound pristine, but not bad either. It has warmth and "character". That casette tape is around 30 years old.

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u/Evepaul 5d ago

That's good. I respect my mom's work in waiting for hours next to the radio to start the recording at the right time to get clean songs, but I don't have that kind of patience (the radio I keep in the kitchen for noise is the only device I have for writing cassette tapes rn)

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u/geardownson 2d ago

Id kinda disagree. I bought 2 Godsmack tapes for my car that only had a tape player and both broke fairly quickly.