Cassette - Everything old is new again

[cleeds]

Originally Posted by Golucid

... Should I consider a cassette and a real to real?

If you have to ask, the answer is no.

There's only one reason to buy a cassette deck today, imo, and that's if you have historic or irreplaceable cassette recordings. If that were the case, I'd suggest digitizing them asap. I love analog, so please don't misunderstand. But cassettes are a relatively fragile medium, and any tape deck requires care and maintenance.

There are two reasons to buy a reel to reel. Again, if you have historic recordings, there's obviously no other way to play them. The second reason would be if you're interested in buying any of the new reel to reel releases now being made, such as the tape project. That's not my cup of tea, but there are certainly many audiophiles interested in that approach.