Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
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What is Redbook?
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Wild! Never heard that term before.
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Wild! Never heard that term before.
@TheZorse I was explicit to distinguish from mp3 CDs
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@TheZorse I was explicit to distinguish from mp3 CDs
I wouldn't have thought to delineate between the two, but I can see how they're different, now that you mention it.
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(BONUS POLL)
Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
NOTES:
- If the answer is "none of the above" ,click "Show results". We can probably compare the previous poll to judge the significance of the scale of responses.
- Rather than worrying about differences between reel-to-reel formats, answer "reel to reel tape" if you can play at least one reel to reel tape format.
@mcc Oh how much I miss my reel to reel.

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@mcc I never had an 8-track because by the time I was trash-picking my own stereo components as a teenager I had the impression they sounded bad and were inconvenient. But of course I had a turntable and a cassette deck because you needed those!

@0x09 @mcc You are so right about the sound quality. But I had a 2-XL so I could fake it.

2-XL Robot from Mego (1978) | Toy Tales
The 2-XL robot represents an early example of an electronic toy that both entertained and educated. Short for “To Excel”, the toy encouraged learning through interactivity.
Toy Tales (toytales.ca)
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc Born audiophile over here. Physical media will never die just like #punkrock and #rockandroll will never die.
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc none. maybe the vinyl, i think i still have a player in the basement somewhere
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc None! But if I can go over to my mom‘s house, CD and cassette tape.
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc ooh ooh this poll is me! I love legacy physical formats. Next do removable digital media! Or game consoles!
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc@mastodon.social my old computer has a CD reader but i haven't turned it on for so long idk if it still works
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(BONUS POLL)
Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
NOTES:
- If the answer is "none of the above" ,click "Show results". We can probably compare the previous poll to judge the significance of the scale of responses.
- Rather than worrying about differences between reel-to-reel formats, answer "reel to reel tape" if you can play at least one reel to reel tape format.
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc i'd need to go to a friends for the 8-track. so that's a train ticket purchase, but i guess thats ok since purchase here probably means hardware, right
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc I have an external CD player attached to my PC, and also an old VHS player that I know works because I recently used it to watch an old tape.
I can't rule out that my parents or grandparents have an old cassette player and/or vinyl player stashed away that I could borrow, but I'd have to check, and no guarantee they'd still work either.
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc funnily enough, right now I could only play a cassette tape without buying anything new.
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@mcc i'd need to go to a friends for the 8-track. so that's a train ticket purchase, but i guess thats ok since purchase here probably means hardware, right
@pikzim u have access to a community resource. It counts
I think train ticket doesn't count as long as it's like, commuter rail. Like going to another suburb is fine but another city is pushing it. If I'm making sense
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc What about just 'tape'?
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@mcc What about just 'tape'?
@hittitezombie see second post in thread
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@christinelove honestly i'm as surprised as you are. i assume it's because nobody on mastodon throws away their old computers
@mcc @christinelove I figure it’s got to be that, right? The CD revival is underway but no way is that responsible for this hitting 94%.