[WalterBright]

I always used Dolby (don't recall which one), and played them back on the machine that recorded them. SSSSSSSS :-( The MiniDisc ended all my interest in cassettes.

Weirdly, I never minded the rumble and crackling of vinyl.

I remember the first time I listened to a CD. The song ended, and there was silence. Dead silence. It was like the song faded away and sucked me in :-)

I'm sorry. I don't doubt you're right, with spending enough money on the cassettes and cassette player you can get decent results, but that just wasn't what mainstream cassettes and players were like. I've long since replaced my cassettes with CDs and threw them out. There's no nostalgia for them for me.

[klodolph]

You were probably using Dolby B, like everyone else.

Not trying to convince anyone to use cassettes, there are enough reasons to avoid them. But it is worth explaining that you can get very high-quality sound from them.