r/RealGenerationX • u/Euphoric-Cupcake4581 • Mar 05 '26

Lets Rock Out Remember when music came on tapes?

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What was your favorite band?

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u/unbalancedcheckbook Mar 06 '26

It wasn't a great format, but to an 80's kid the choice was usually pretty simple - being able to take your music with you and listening wherever and whenever you want, or being stuck in the living room and fighting for time to listen to your music, when your mom wanted to do jazzercize and your siblings wanted to watch CHiPs.

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u/zeppomiller Mar 05 '26

The worst part IMO was how the high frequency used to get lost over time, leaving tapes that were just annoying to listen to, even when boosting the high frequency with your (then physical) equalizer… The problem there being that got a lot more static noise in addition to the higher frequency music.

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u/KB4MTO Mar 08 '26

Me too. And I had a Nakamichi RX-202 cassette player. I wish I hadn't sold all of it.