Someone stole my ****ing CD player today. It was a panasonic 860 shockwave. It could have only been someone in my Gym class, so when I find out who it was, I'm ripping em apart, getting suspended, not gonna give a ****, miss classes, fail school, and my life will "suck" in the eyes of those who base others lives by their income. But kicking his ass will feel so good.
Anyway, I need a new portable player of some sort. My dilemma is that because CDs are so ungodly expensive these days (I'm in high school making 40 bucks a week, a CD shouldn't cost me 17 ****ing dollars), I'm thinking of going the mix tape route, buying tapes of local DJs with music I like at a store nearby. I figure its a great way to hear some new ****, all (hopefully) good songs instead of 1 or 2 and the rest being a whack album, less expensive, ect ect ect.
But... I know tapes aren't the best sounding of any media, and knowing these'll be coming from some poor saps mediocre sounding turntables with ****ty cables and a mixer, it gives me an uneasy feeling (makes me wish I was still ignorant to the ways of good audio). But at the same time, I also find alot of the things stressed over here kind of rediculous. Some of you seem to make a minor nuance in a headphone the end of the world.
So, forgetting that these'll be mix tapes, just how bad are tapes in general, without eggasgerating things, in comparison to a CD? As far as being a portable player, how different would a good tape player be compared to a good CD player?
Second, what portable tape player would you ghuys reccomend? I know this isn't researched nearly as much as portable CD players and shir, but I can hope one of you knows whats up.
Maybe I'll just get another PCDP (or maybe i'll get the one back), but disregarding the whole sound quality thing, I find the mix tapes a much better route.
Peace.
Anyway, I need a new portable player of some sort. My dilemma is that because CDs are so ungodly expensive these days (I'm in high school making 40 bucks a week, a CD shouldn't cost me 17 ****ing dollars), I'm thinking of going the mix tape route, buying tapes of local DJs with music I like at a store nearby. I figure its a great way to hear some new ****, all (hopefully) good songs instead of 1 or 2 and the rest being a whack album, less expensive, ect ect ect.
But... I know tapes aren't the best sounding of any media, and knowing these'll be coming from some poor saps mediocre sounding turntables with ****ty cables and a mixer, it gives me an uneasy feeling (makes me wish I was still ignorant to the ways of good audio). But at the same time, I also find alot of the things stressed over here kind of rediculous. Some of you seem to make a minor nuance in a headphone the end of the world.
So, forgetting that these'll be mix tapes, just how bad are tapes in general, without eggasgerating things, in comparison to a CD? As far as being a portable player, how different would a good tape player be compared to a good CD player?
Second, what portable tape player would you ghuys reccomend? I know this isn't researched nearly as much as portable CD players and shir, but I can hope one of you knows whats up.
Maybe I'll just get another PCDP (or maybe i'll get the one back), but disregarding the whole sound quality thing, I find the mix tapes a much better route.
Peace.
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