Compact Cassettes: Don't Digitise - just enjoy

The JVC KD-A7 tape player was the last component I needed to finish assembling my unusual HiFi.
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[@shaolinbladeV]

Props for the dope hip hop collection.

[@therage3904]

@@NintendoDude888 No.

[@realmadstupid]

@@NintendoDude888 you don't like it so it's garbage... typical

[@olliecrow3547]

@@NintendoDude888 geez, settle down spaz! No one cares what you think. A lot of people enjoy videos games and I'm sure there's some who think it's a garbage way to spend ones time.

[@bt3743]

@@NintendoDude888 How is it controversial, the fuck is this the 80s. Nice try at trolling kid now i think its past your bedtime.

[@djyems1021]

@@therage3904 What did he say?

[@w33blord66]

I'm not an audiophile, I'm just obsessed with music. So for me, the novelty has never run out. I love cassette because it's so fun to hold a piece of musice, make my own mix tapes, and show people. I'll love cassettes forever.

[@hognosemyan]

Thanks Techmoan. Your channel has made me chemically addicted to vintage hi-fi technology. Now I have an AKAI GXC-709D sitting in my room that I use to play obscure black metal

[@Techmoan]

+Carrotttt That's a nice old solid machine - nice VU meters...and I bet you got it for a great price.

[@hognosemyan]

Techmoan Actually it was sitting in my garage, my dad said that it was really good back in it's day (luckily it still is).

[@tombstone258]

+Carrotttt rather funny im on the same boat as you, got my grandfathers old Akai GXC-706D

[@michealscott2971]

Tombstone258 got my fads cassette tapes one of them is a type 2

[@BAgodmode]

Yeah, now I have been bitten by the "Buy old HiFi equipment" bug. I have stacks of old vinyls and cassette tapes from dead relatives, and I really want to remember what it was like to listen to cassette tapes like when I was a kid.

[@cAPSlOCKrOXX]

"I think I've assembled all the components I want in my HiFi system now." -Techmoan in 2014.

[@ThomasNimmesgern]

Life is tempting.

[@mr.salisbury2435]

next week: oh look a new Hifi component.

[@MrWombatty]

'He who dies with the largest collection of sound-gear wins!'

[@artdcora]

"So that was a lie" -Techmoan in 2021

[@suppengroove]

he probably already knew that this sentence gonna age poorly :D

[@theavnut8568]

"I don't plan on adding minidisc" Actually years later:Buys hundreds of minidisc players.

[@PovRayMan]

Damn, that selection of cassettes. Techmoan didn't chose the thug life, the thug life chose him.

[@lordapophis5723]

Comment of the month!

[@MrWombatty]

At least I don't have to worry about Techmoan bidding online for the same genres of music as me!

[@f__kyoudegenerates]

@@MrWombatty yeah honestly.

[@hafizarashid7857]

Seriously! Impeccable taste in hip hop here

[@seacampal1425]

"Have you ever imagined. that your favorite rapper is a stone cold killer?"

[@MattHayesVinyl]

That JVC deck is amazing. I love the technology from the mid 70's to the early 80's where it was all flashy lights, bright VU meters (whether analogue or digital), and silver faced hi fi components.

[@robc4191]

How funny is it that Mat thought this was it for his home stereo six years ago! LOL - there was SO much more coming down the line my friend!

[@ChrisTheSheriff]

Im suddenly becoming facinated with vintage Hi-Fi Audio Equipment... I suddenly wanna buy a high end Cassette deck WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!!!

[@KuroOldAccount]

ChrisTheSheriff same

[@KiwifruitDev]

To be honest, the same goes for me. Also, nice pfp!

[@jennoscura2381]

Add me to the list. I want to add a cassette deck to the stereo I am putting together.

[@ColtGColtG]

yeah hes good at getting people to spend money

[@Applecompuser]

ChrisTheSheriff - The casset is the weakest link unless you want to make mix tapes. But, even there, why not make CDs with your own mix. Cassettes often break when they get old.

[@1969longshanks]

Came across this old video of yours Matt, love that you said you weren't interested in minidiscs. They must have grown on you.👍

[@Rzarecteh]

Wow! Nice library Techmoan. Never saw you as a golden era of Hip Hop listener. Big Daddy Kane, Gang Starr, Ice Cube, some classics! Great video as always.

[@dareason7581]

WOW you have a WRECKS N EFFECTS on TAPE? that's amazing!

[@tobortine]

I'm so tempted to go into the attic and bring down my old Hi-Fi stuff but I'm not so sure my wife would be as happy to see it again. Love your enthusiasm for this stuff, great video.

[@Techmoan]

Try and do it one component at a time and see how many you can sneak into the lounge before she notices. It's a funny thing, but my missus joined in with my latest obsession when we retrieved her old record collection from her parent's garage.

[@tobortine]

Techmoan Good idea, she may well be tempted by some of her old records that are also in the attic.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

@@electrictroy2010 yeah, but now you have less durability and more skipping, so might not be a valid trade off … besides, minimalism isn’t always a good plan of action, keeping retro or “obsolete” things is always an excellent conversation starter and a cool thing to showcase at family gatherings :)

[@puppykicker6701]

The best way that I have found to digitize cassettes and other analog sources is to use a standalone CD/DVD recorder with analog inputs. Use a recording EQ with inputs for 2 cassette decks, and substitute the burner for one. The EQ can be used to enhance the sound, the other cassette deck that you unhooked can be used as a VU meter and for balance/level control if the burner comes without. You must touch the track button between songs on the remote for the burner, or else you will have one long track for the whole album. That is where the problems end. At this point, it is on a CD, and can easily be transfered to a computer to make mp3 or other files out of it. Now you have a hard, long lasting copy, and the capability of the new portable formats as well.

[@beatsbeercigarettes]

I don't usually leave comments... But damn! All of those Big Daddy Kane tapes make me jealous!

[@steadfastcoward]

WORD

[@kingwithacapitalk614]

Rappers stepping to me, they want to get some, but I’m the Kane so yo, you know the outcome! 🔥🔥🔥 I’m jealous too!

[@kennypitts4829]

Cool! I found this exact tape cassette player in perfect shape at a Salvation Army store here in California. $19.00 usd.

[@davidcross701]

Building my own nostalgia! Cassettes are the best. Nuff said.

[@vassili87]

Man, you got me into the retro tech nostalgia. I was a kid in the '90s and the only music I listened to was through my dad's car stereo. Your rig is lovely, btw.

[@RCAvhstape]

"very young-looking Will Smith" lol he pretty much still looks the same as that cover photo.

[@raymondleggs5508]

Hes a vampire.

[@rootbeer_666]

Black don't crack, my dude.

[@Albee213]

Same with LL Cool J, permanently 30 years old.

[@artsimannisto5659]

homies dont were out dat easy.tuff skin.

[@daplaya88]

nice oldschool hip hop collection

[@viveksoley]

watching your retro videos is like re living my teenage. These things meant a lot to me.

[@VizionZine]

Such a cool setup! Love that you have everything running through a Sonos as well!

[@BigManko]

Stunning Setup! I would love to see the wiring!

[@distomos8118]

Came across your channel and spent so time watching some of the videoclips. Thanks for taking your time to show us all this. Nostalgia caught me after a while. The 70s and 80s especially where IMHO the Golden Age of HiFi and I miss them in part because all the equipment had that special touch modern gear lack today. I still keep some of the equipment as my Dual direct drive turntable and Sony 3 head cassette tape deck from 1978. They still in use, but only once in a while because I’m afraid to wear them down. Anyway, thanks and keep it up.

[@mikalexel364]

Had quite a collection of vintage and retro auduo stuff which i stopped appreciated years ago but thanks to your channel im now looking at them with new eyes again... Inherent my dad's stuff and he had been a true audiophile... several nakamichi cassette decks and Pioneer, Technics etc and turntables, amps, tuners, graphic equalizers etc. etc. im now looking with new eyes at these precious gems.. thanks.....

[@alimhaider8680]

Loved that tour of his naff hifi equipment. Really good

[@MrWombatty]

After acquiring a high-end Yamaha compact-cassette recorder Hi-Fi component, I was really impressed how great the cassettes sounded through my Pioneer system!

[@danieldougan269]

I just love that your collection of cassettes is all hip hop.

[@AaronJaunty]

Bro, #salute to your collection! Dope

[@Techmoan]

+Aaron Jaunty Word.

[@Mulletsrokkify]

Fantastic setup! The eject mech on the JVC is probably has either a knackered or missing damper. The top loading VHS machines had the same issue, except they would catapult the tape across the room!

[@SeverityOne]

Oh, that JVC take deck takes me back right to the late 1970s. My parents (well, my father) bought an all-in-one JVC system. It was the lowest cost one, so everything model number ends in '11". That system is probably why I'm addicted to this channel. The system itself came with a black-with-silver piece of furniture, which my mother hated because it didn't go with anything else in the living room. Strangely enough, I never actually bought a piece of hi-fi equipment, other than a Sony Walkman, a Sony Discman, and a Sharp portable MD. And, of course, the M-Audio M-Track 2x2M that is connected to my PC, my Korg Electribe EMX-1, and a pair of AKG consumer headphones.

[@scottied7299]

I've watched quite a few of your videos to this point, and I love the look at old technology, but I admire your taste in music...

[@luizdemarco99]

jesus christ, your collection's pure gold

[@Fattydeposit]

You have amazing taste in music. I've noticed in several videos. Yes this is very important.

[@harryarmstrong658]

+SG 6000 He has a surprisingly good hip-hop selection.

[@Fattydeposit]

True connoisseur right here.

[@iamatis20]

+Harry Armstrong For a older white guy YES!! I dont even have some of those in MY collection!! I never knew all this stuff came overseas to Great Britain.

[@harryarmstrong658]

I live in the UK too and I have nearly all of those artists in my collection, ironically the one I don't have is the Outlaw Posse...and they were made in the UK!

[@pingywon]

I LOVE how into old school hip hop you are!

[@FilmSphere]

I was watching this video with headphones coming out of my Pioneer SX-3600. What a surprise seeing one turn up on screen. Very nice setup you have. I have mine split between my computer, TV, and turntable

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

That tiny Samsung® Blu-Ray™ player is just adorable! I like the front-loading mechanism that pops out of the top. I'm surprised that there aren't any other players on the market with a similar form.

[@sumonmiah3534]

enjoy watching your vids thanks.im late 70s kid also a scratch dj and have merits in electronic servicing and repairs.i have most of you tape collection on vinyl.have collected my dream audio components over the years.keep them videos coming thanks.

[@TheXtremesoundz]

Really loved this video, I am impressed with your love for this equipment. It also reminds me how incredible my B&O Beocenter 9000 is because it looks brand new, plays CD, tape FM-AM, phono ect but is just so compact and lovely to look at. I love the feel of equipment when it's made to last!

[@Techmoan]

I always liked the design of the B&O 9000 on a stand. I wish there was a stand-alone CD player that looked as impressive.

[@TheXtremesoundz]

Techmoan aha, sorry but you're thinking of the Beosound 9000, they made a Beocenter 9000 (my one). It is like a horizontal version without multi CDs but with a proper 4 channel amplifier. Worth a look man :)

[@terrycard5147]

Techmoan

[@toothache90]

that's a really neat way of using the tape 2 monitor. allowing to listen to any source and then wireless stream it in the house. Genius!

[@dionmiller8547]

Best tape collection ever! I have many of those in a wall rack somewhere in my mother's attic.

[@brentfisher902]

Remember kids...study in school, don't do drugs or get girls knocked up, and you'll have a good job like this guy and have a real stereo instead of a phone.

[@brentfisher902]

It makes sense..good moral character leads to having more money in your pocket.

[@Slightlyevil]

+Brent Fisher It's not that amazing of a system. Still nice though.

[@steadfastcoward]

I cruised through school with a mediocre GPA, followed the cheerleaders to the A&W where they worked after school and worked my way up to diabetes and a Santa Claus belly at the age of 51...but hey, that was legal, I never smoked stuff, and I have more stuff! I also don't have a stupid cellphone, another reason and I also have vintage synthesizers and 4-channel reel to reel Teacs. On a FIXED INCOME.

[@corvusala]

Don't do drugs so you can buy music. Alternatively, do drugs so you can make music. Don't kid yourself. All those artists whom have made great music that has enhanced your lives were all rrrrreal fucking high on drugs lol

[@SSJfraz]

You need to have money to get girls knocked up these days....

[@BobEmrich]

i think he has upgraded every single piece of equipment demonstrated here. what an awesome collection

[@bagster7879]

Your channel has become one of my favorites to watch. I've actually been on the fence about getting a new Cassette Deck, and this video just pushed me over. I've still got a number of tapes, and here in The States you can find them for next to nothing at second hand stores.

[@travistaylor3186]

that JVC tape player, so gorgeous. what a machine!

[@ebuff57]

It's fun seeing this stuff again. Thanks for "stepping backwards".

[@Vebinz]

Awesome set-up, and I like that you went for the silver look as opposed to the standard black one. Good to see appreciation for cassettes. Didn't figure you for a rap fan, but real nice.

[@edwardphilibin3151]

When you look at an English chap of a certain age, most folks don't count backwards to realize he was coming of age when hip hop was going mainstream.

[@biggles1024]

OK Mat, you've convinced me not to go down the road I was planning on traveling and by that I mean digitising all my music. I'll keep my old stereo equipment and I'll even add to it. ;) I was very tempted back in '75 to buy a reel to reel but good ones were just out of my price range and so I settled for a good quality cassette recorder. Sadly that went to meet it's maker some time ago. Finding anyone who can repair them where I live is nigh on impossible so I'll source a new one online. Thanks for posting. Cheers, b. Edit: typo

[@LeeBondo]

I just love Cassette tapes. They are the best music format ever!

[@peoplelikeus123]

Love the fact you are a real hip hop fan. Respect! Great channel too.

[@aztecred92]

Great video. Love the vintage audio equipment!

[@timvarlow1363]

Wow you have an amazing set up, I remember the days.

[@garysatellite6952]

love the Retro Style ... LOOKS GREAT..

[@DJ_Pigg]

Subscribed, not just for the excellent reviews but also because you have great taste in music!

[@dlasky]

I have noticed that many people who love retro music equipment also have a good collection of old school hip hop, there is a direct connection it seems.

[@MaxBreak]

Techmoan your old school hip hop tapes took me back, love the formats you have covered in your retro set up i used to have "1980's" a Marantz SD 6020 tape deck with two speeds and a Marantz PM500 Amp with 4 speaker outs and about 16 cheap speakers stacked as a wall pugged in to that... VU Meters rule :)

[@BicMacAndChips1]

I just love watching your videos. Always so enjoyable

[@youreperfectstudio4789]

I kept my old VHS tapes for many years planning to use a video capture card to record them into my PC... eventually I did one of them and decided it was easier and better just to buy DVDs if I wanted to watch those movies.

[@Dot-bs4yv]

that's a very clever setup you got there, i like how most of it is that retro stuff to nicely done!

[@ddave7026]

my Sony STR 11 receiver...with its blue green ambiant light. I'll never give it up. nice collection of tapes, I was the master of driving with one hand and with the other FF...PLAY... pretty close to hitting certain songs in the begging .love cassettes!

[@petepictures]

Cool, I would have the MD myself, they were the loveliest format of the 90S

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

You have a very surprising collection of great classic hip hop! I'm now trying to imagine you in the 1980's cruising around the UK with a thumping car stereo jamming Run Dmc!

[@dennisbenedict5161]

Another great Hi-Fi video. I converted all my cassettes over using my computer and AVS Audio Editor. I still listen to the actual cassettes, but I also listen to the digitized versions. I still make mix tapes as well. Primarily because, for me, it's fun and relaxing.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Same. There’s just something so much more satisfying about working within the limitations of the medium, and having something you can hold in your hands and the abjility to collect and display what YOU made… as opposed to Spotify, where playlists are just a bunch of boring JPEGs, and there’s literally no limit to the amount of music you can store in them, so you often won’t think before putting new songs in or whatever.

[@Guovssohas]

Great collection dude. Many hiphop classics.

[@PolesAreEverywhere]

Casette digitalizer is waste of money becouse you can plug any casette player with phones input to computer mic input with just simple mini jack to mini jack cable and just record it with any audio recorder. In fact you can "digitalise" any record with that metod :)

[@KajiRider1997]

+PolesAreEverywhere That's ZX Spectrum logic there xD

[@PolesAreEverywhere]

Good times :D

[@dashcamandy2242]

+PolesAreEverywhere I have a PC device that fit in a 5.25" bay (PlusDeck2 I think it was called) that I had purchased intending to convert my cassettes over, but when using it, it failed to separate tracks and the actual sound output was horrible. A decent tape deck patched into my audio input jack, setting good recording levels and 320k bitrate MP3 encoding sounded far better than the WAV format and low-quality playback head in the PlusDeck. I only used it once and gave up.

[@PolesAreEverywhere]

DashCamAndy Exactly, I wouldnt belive that any "digitaliser" have better quality than any of my old decks. Its good to see that more people realized this.

[@julosx]

+PolesAreEverywhere The problem is, tapes don't last for ever. So far I've mainly digitized my 8-tracks cassettes (normal compact cassettes) into Garageband to make sure the songs (mine) are backed up and can be completed digitally with new tracks. I still use my 1988 Yamaha recorder as a mixing desk when recording.

[@webwolf7]

Fantastic setup! I am starting to build up one of my own, I might borrow your theme of silver-colored late 70's early 80's equipment, it looks really sharp and actually seems to blend in well with modern equipment as well. Now if only the reel-to-reel that I found in my grandparents basement wasn't that woodgrain pattern...

[@davesandison2588]

Great tape selection.

[@Daniel28021991]

Very cool set up

[@grumblekin]

DUDE YOU GOT STEP IN THE ARENA. That tape is so tight! I played it nonstop as a kid until the tape broke.

[@juanmanuelrodriguez5492]

Good combination of old and new technology, only matters is the Quality of both worlds.

[@KingOrest]

I probably should just buy a cassette player, but my old man wants them digital, so I have to convert them. BTW - great video! Love them! I find them enjoyable to watch, listen to, and very educational!

[@SammeLagom]

I really like your setup. I dream own owning such a collection of gear to.

[@etmax1]

I converted a whole bunch of cassettes to MP3 using some audio SW that allows me to easily split a continuous track into separate ones and then do hiss removal as well as snap/crackle/pop and rumble (for vinyls) and it does an amazing job. It means that I can play all of those old tapes off a CD in the car or via Bluetooth streaming and via Sonos at home. A little bit of inconvenience up front for a world of pleasure.

[@purpleghost4083]

Why convert directly to MP3? You probably would have been better off to make a higher quality wav file and then convert to MP3 (or whatever format). That way, you'd have that original higher quality file to re-encode at a later date to whatever is needed, should you need to. You've now forever limited them to whatever the MP3 bit rate was. I hope you used the highest bit rate (which I think is 320 kbps).

[@AttilaTheHun333333]

A world of pleasure? Converted audio cassettes? I couldn't disagree more.

[@steadfastcoward]

You've obviously never considered the hours spent doing that manually to be a pain, and you can digitize what you like, make a playlist and have hours of hands-free listening while working about the house. AND making CDs of your own, then there is backing up your precious tunes for the day the deck suddenly devours it or the CD is no longer recoverable, or it breaks...ever had one shatter in your computers CD/DVD drive?

[@krist0sh]

That was really a video at the right time; I currently am transferring all of my (really my moms and dads) cassette tapes over to my computer. Not because I can't find them on the internet (some of it is actually not on the internet) but because I want the music away from the medium before any of them decide that they're going out. I know it won't sound as good, I know it takes time, but the joy for me is listening to them while in progress + having them as WAVs afterwards. The deck I'm using is a trash-picked Sanyo RD 3510M, I tried it with my on-board audio-cards before I finally landed on my Zoom H1 as the interface. Record them with Audacity, put a noise reduction filter on if needed and then manually separate each song and write the labels off the case. A lot of work, but I like it. Anyway, great video as always.

[@trip2themoon]

I love all the crazy acronyms that old separates have. My Aiwa tape deck has built in AMTS: Anti Modulation Tape Stabiliser. I've no idea what that actually does though.

[@jameshughes1574]

Love the setup, keep up with the very informative videos, 👏

[@vanessal7291]

I love your collection.

[@ishtiaqrazzak3275]

Love your music choice! Paris and The Doc! Classic hip hop! Personally, Paris' 'Sleeping with the Enemy' album is my favourite. Ice T Rhyme Pays.... Another classic! Keep doing what you do!

[@remiremillard8419]

Awesome collection! I was not expecting so much hip hop lol

[@DriveupLife22]

Hey! The Project RPM 1.3 Genie is the progenitor of my turntable the RPM 3. Nice choice!

[@lucky9381]

You love your hip hop!

[@santi0797]

1:54 the moment that thing turned on and the song started playing, man i think i wet my pants, not again god damn it

[@noahamoe3394]

In my opinion i truly believe it's better to listen to cassettes the traditional way and not to digitize them

[@WiseRobotsTakinOva]

NICE COLLECTION !

[@MrTeke99]

What a collection!

[@steviebboy69]

Wow what a nice collection of equipment you have there, I for one have never seen or heard of an elcaset if that is how it was spelt. The old cassette deck with the spectrum type display was nice, I bet it looks great in the dark, with all that stuff lit up.

[@SyncroScales]

Good video. To digitize analogue sources in high quality it takes more work, but the quality is great.

[@ArcadeDude44]

Wow, quite excellent advice...true analog on a good system still amazes!:)

[@dvamateur]

I think all audio formats have their merits. I like the mechanical quality of the tape drives and cassettes. I also like CD and it's optical, mechanical, and software aspect. Very neat combination. Even today there are some options for a non-moving part players. Or even on a shoe string budget, by using your phone, it can also be good, if the MP3 is 320Kbit/sec. Many options. But only one option in stores...

[@kill.thekool608]

Great taste live your cassette selection Eazy E , The D.O.C. , EPMD , Ice Cube you killed it my brother 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@wildbilltexas]

In the 80's I had a newer JVC cassette recorder with LED level and spectrum analyzer. It was a great deck, but I foolishly got rid of it when it quit working and didn't have the time or money to fix it. Pre-recorded tapes became good-great sounding when they started using digital duplication (Digilog) in the mid-late 80's. I just wish they had all had used chrome high bias tape.

[@seacampal1425]

JVC KD-D4?

[@SheepRanic]

Ooer, that cassette deck is gorgeous. I have not ever seen a tape deck with a spectrum analyzer.

[@OolinJ]

Mr Techmoan we would enjoy a long drive with all that awesome music on tapes you have I had all those at some point I'm jealous. Great videos You should do a video about your music collection

[@beerman1957]

Great video! The two meters on the cassette player was certainly weird, but it should be good to look at and remember "back in the day".

[@georgeanastasopoulos5865]

Wow, great video demonstration, and explanation! Thank you for the extra information, Techmoan. Myself, I am fortunate I have a very good cassette tape deck along with a couple of other hi fi components. I play my cassettes on a Harman Kardon TD302 deck bought in 1988, connected to a Sony 85 Watt receiver (of 2012), and a Sony CDP-CE215 CD Player (of 1998); I'm glad I waited to get a CD player until 1998, because Sony has implemented a high density linear converter. Further, the only thing about most cassettes, no matter what equipment I think you play them back in, is that a cassette cannot reach the quality of sound, and fullest musical notes of vinyl records; except with a CD that is recorded well. However, I still prefer records. Furthermore, most cassettes, if they are pre-recorded are recorded on type 1, and from my listening experience, it's better to get a type 2 tape! A type 2 cassette is almost as good as a type 4, metal, tape. Anyhow, that preference of type 2 cassette is mostly my opinion.

[@GenBloodLust]

what a beautiful tape deck

[@warbler4]

this video inspired me to actually go out and buy a jvc kda7, should be here by the end of the week, might have to get it serviced though, the guy said it had never been opened up

[@skinnyhastrup]

I'm probably NOT the first one to say this, but I tossed out my commercially available albums on cassette out a long time ago, as they are available on so many other formats. But those mixed tapes i've made from radio with long tedious listening of so much pre-war (joke) radio crap to find those hard to get tunes on to tape - are such nostalgic gems for me, so I ripped the tapes as A and B sides with a DCC so didnt have to bother with digital leveling in the computer. Two files per tape. Mastered them with 'stereotool' in my own setting, fadein/fadeout in an editor, down to flac, and kicked them hard into the google music uploader, with a photo of the tape and some name. So now I can listen to all my tapes in sidelong episodes in as good quality and even volume, as possible, but with all those bad recordings, talkovers and partial stuff, just like I remember them from my childhood, everywhere I go. And the storage is free...incredible :)

[@jaxnean2663]

nice setup!

[@lindaeasley4336]

Your 1980s tape collection : American hip hop . Mine ( American ) Brit synth pop bands