Other Hobbies that Take Our Money

something about a tape player....the glow of the incandescent meter bulbs, the tape hiss in the background, the crappy Dolby B that quashed all the highs...grew up with them in cars, making mix tapes and playing them on the road. Every time I go into a thrift store I look for the .10-.50 cent tapes and buck CD's. 3 head decks make duplicates that can sound better than the originals that were not all that good to begin with. Some have some pretty strange transport problems but its all mechanical.