[muzani]

I think it was still too early for music. Walkmen never really took off back when I was in school. VR headsets were around for 10 years or more. They're an experience, but nobody is excited about them.

One of the problems of the time were that music was only in albums. Some artists had good singles, but few had good albums, and you were limited to whatever album you brought around with you at the time.

The other thing was that all entertainment was mostly social. Like you didn't watch Simpsons alone, everyone else did. Why listen to onlyy your own songs? Most of mine were weird goth or grunge stuff. But if you were listening to Metallica or something cool, it would be out loud.

IMHO cassettes sounded a lot better. Or maybe it was because the expectations were lower then. My first experience was a Walkman was actually listening to it in my room in bed. Similar with a smartphone. You didn't necessarily want it to be socially isolating. It seems to be why VR hasn't picked up; people get nervous about being isolated for so long.

[bamboozled]

One of the problems of the time were that music was only in albums.

We just made our own mixes on our own tapes ?

[cpach]

This. People also tuned in the radio, and when a good song came on they would be quick to hit the record button.