Better than vinyl is tape. Problem with tape is, info on it fades over time. Reel to reel from original masters. Very very few examples of good tapes were ever produced for retail sales. While on topic of tapes, I have a Nakamichi TD 1200 which is the car audio version of the famous Nakamichi Dragon. I have some amazing cassettes that were limited run copies made by Nakamichi themselves (okay, produced by other companies, like MFSL) to show off their machines. The Nak TD 1200 has some amazing tech incorporated in its design. Auto reverse playback with auto azimuth correction after direction change. I have to dig it out of storage. I even have some blank TDK all metal housing cassettes with acrylic facings. Quite expensive, but if you had a Nakamichi Dragon, that's the tape you used to record off your records. Original master tapes.............. damn, some people have them.
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If you have a sealed, first pressing of Pearly Jam's Ten on cassette, it could net you up to $4000 on eBay. Others have sold for less, but still go for between $400 to $700, while a used copy averages about $20 or so.
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Don't laugh, but 8 Track was a very capable system. Just never took off. Plus the run of the mill pre-recorded tapes, along with cassettes, and the players themselves, were horrible. Then, there was the dreaded tape jam and not surviving the elements.
I remember when CD's first came out. People were all over it. Lots of CD's were of poor quality. Just hold one up to the light. Holes, lol. Yup. Most holes came that way from the manufacturing process and usually don't cause any issues. Plus, players are capable of correcting the missing info. BTW, this is not related to CD rot. If you store CD's properly, you'll never experience CD rot. If you have CD rot, your CD's have been to very dirty places. Like a Surrey Ho................