Don't worry, the crisis will not last long. Audiophiles will find a way to get over it and buy some better cables that would have revealed they were using a Digital source all along.
Hence the cassette revival for those of us of a certain vintage.
Compared to CDs? Definitely not! Not to mention how many people listened to homemade mixtapes and copies, which made the audio quality even worse.
Did they sound good enough that you could dance, relax, have a good time, be consoled when you were unhappy, or whatever people did with music? Absolutely.
Even when CDs did eventually come out, I far preferred a WalkMan to a Discman. I could put a Walkman in one pocket and a cassette in the other. That wasn't easy with CDs.
Cassettes we’re easy to remix, record, share.
The physical mixtape was a cultural touchstone of romance and friendship for a while there.
So yeah, I guess ‘good enough’.
I had completely forgotten about the development of anti-skip. And now that you've made me remember it, I suddenly feel old.
I knew somebody (with very rich parents) who basically had a shoulder bag (read: man purse) so he could carry around his Discman (early Sony version, no anti-skip), an extra CD case or two, and an extra set of batteries. It was awful.
You don’t need to attack any person or community - especially given that rich people buying expensive stuff is hardly hurting others directly. Please make good faith arguments.
Superstition is always bad.
But the "superstitions" that the linked article mentions, are rituals, lucky charms. They're much less dangerous than going around pretending that something exists, that provably isn't there.
Audiophiles are moon-landing deniers. Some might think it's funny or harmless. I think it's terrifying.
Sorry, but I do not follow how you came to this conclusion, could you explain it?
> They're much less dangerous than going around pretending that something exists, that provably isn't there.
By your definition is every person in the world who believes in god therefore dangerous?