CDs, Cassettes And Vinyl

CD's, Cassettes & Vinyl are kinda unique....and drive me insane. Very loud, and sometimes very annoying, but also pretty cool, I like 'em. Let's look at them! Why didn't anyone tell me it's all Sonys fault, shakin' my head.
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[@possiblyadog]

Vinyls for me are like, "I love this album so much, I want it taking up space in my house"

[@rudeboyspodcast]

Me and my buddy buy them just to frame them in the hallway. It's basically the same as a poster of the album art but way more expensive, lol

[@SonimodGR]

Worth it

[@DeLewrh]

You mean owning your music?

[@epson_ecotank_et-2850]

thats why I collect cds instead 😌

[@Runeytunes]

YES EXACTLY

[@deathnum2297]

I absolutely love CDs man. It's so nice when you've collected a bunch of them and can display them next to/on top of each other, whenever I look at them it is just a great feeling. I'm 15 year old so I don't have a lot of money and that's the reason why I don't buy vinyls, but when I'm older I wanna collect vinyls too. Remember guys: buying music, in whatever way, is much better for the artist than streaming it or, even worse, illegally downloading it. Buying your favorite albums doesn't cost that much (if we're talking about buying them digitally or CDs) and can support the musician a lot.

[@okayjango]

i just got my first cd, and i am 14 lol

[@deathnum2297]

@@okayjango I got my first CD when I was 12, it was a shitty CD from a trash local rapper (I liked him back then for 6 months lol) which then I gave to a friend of mine who still enjoys his music but couldn't find the CD. I'm happy I gave the CD away, I don't want it in my collection anyway. But yeah, I also got serious about collecting CDs when I was 13, a few weeks before I turned 14.

[@sasquatch.8]

Same, started collecting CDs two months ago

[@okayjango]

i wish i could buy another cd like pink floyd, but my mom will be angry bcuz the cd's were obsolete

[@deathnum2297]

@@okayjango when I started collecting CDs, I mostly bought Eminem's studio albums and I had to hide them because my father would get pissed, as he thinks that spending money on CDs is stupid lol

[@capitainalex]

Physical media is something that i will always have a soft spot for. I remember getting a Motown single for 50 cents at a thrift shop. To this day one of my greatest finds

[@JALC-x]

don't mean to be that guy but singles are dirt cheap, especially when they were produced in the millions during the period where that was how artists sold records. I have hey jude on single from the first year of its pressing and I would probably get a fiver for it max, and that's only if I could find an idiot willing to pay so much for a single

[@capitainalex]

@@JALC-x i gotcha man, but to me its still cool since its the only single I own.

[@meroinheroin]

Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe on vinyl is one of my hardest flexes. But I also have a couple of signed from indie bands.

[@bland9876]

i saw a sing and an alblem with the same name on it both at a thrift store with a sign saying all cds are $1.00 and 50% off on Sundays. why would you buy thew single over the alblem?

[@meroinheroin]

@toby wong nice! I found Daryl Hall & Oats: H20 and Huey Lewis' Sports for $6 yesterday (:

[@jaidendetering8734]

The only problem with vinyl is people price them way too high

[@NPGLAMB]

Some of them are limited like 100-1000 copies (more or less ) so those are valuable. And ones that didn’t sell well but over time have become collectible

[@goo_90]

Too true. It feels like a real achievement though when you buy one.

[@JALC-x]

@@NPGLAMB but those are the shittiest ones, lazy companies pressing bad records onto a wack colour and selling it overpriced because they forced a supply and demand imbalance knowing that people will fall for it

[@cdelgado7296]

And it’s REAL easy to scratch them

[@goo_90]

@@cdelgado7296 only if you’re not very careful

[@shadowchasernql]

I always love music on CDs, despite what people say, if you keep them in their case and don't play them wrong, they'll actually last LONGER than records. In addition, CDs have higher sound fidelity and aren't prone to wobble.

[@martina-dd6vb]

Yeah, CDs are better in pretty much every aspect, I mean they _were_ literally designed to replace records. I would say the only better thing about vinyl is the bigger artwork

[@shadowchasernql]

@@martina-dd6vb The BIGGEST thing for me with CDs is the ability to skip/loop tracks.

[@amazeyourself_]

Same for vinyl records. If you prevent it from dust and not play it on a low quality record player for more than 10 times, you can get the highest fidelity of physical media with the proper equipment.

[@shadowchasernql]

@@amazeyourself_ i mean yah but with a knockoff Discman and a pair of decent headphones you can get the exact same or better audio quality out of a CD

[@oscarsulaka4867]

fr

[@chungbung9976]

I used to prefer vinyl but now I started preferring cassettes. I love listening at home on a cassette deck or listening on the go on a Walkman. Making custom mixtapes is also fun but my favorite is going to shows for smaller bands and buying their cassettes, something about having a full cassettewith album cover and everything for a small band is really cool

[@colonel_koopa]

Yea I've always preferred cassettes especially since you can record your own tapes easily and cause lots of blank tapes are dirt cheap

[@nickvickers3486]

Cassettes are fun!

[@liluglymane5676]

Except cassettes have less fidelity than records lol

[@MarBL23563]

​@@liluglymane5676and a flac file has better fidelety then a record. your point is? if i cared about fidelity over everything, then i would just listen to lossless audio files. fidelity isnt the point.

[@Isaacthemaniac]

@@MarBL23563 that + you wont really notice unless you have decent headphones/speakers. and even if the lower quality is noticeable, it has to be HORRIBLE to no longer enjoy the song.

[@masonlastname8407]

Vinyl will always be my favorite way to listen to music, it's just a vibe ya know

[@mult1versal]

it sounds worse, requires like 500 dollars at least, and are fragile as hell. it sucks ass and nobody should use it anhmore

[@Chance0]

@@mult1versal $500 wat

[@mult1versal]

@@Chance0 vinyl player

[@siccfuccboi8626]

@@mult1versal it doesnt even cost half of that dum dum

[@masonlastname8407]

@@mult1versal my record player only cost like 50

[@spilledorangejuice-2089]

I collect vinyl cuz i like the pretty pictures on the covers :)

[@onlysmallbites]

only acceptable answer~

[@rasta7655]

Can't wait to get my Donda vinyl :)

[@NPGLAMB]

Me too and color vinyl

[@pizzatime2001]

No cap. It's hard to appreciate album art when it's tiny af on your phone screen or on a CD. Vinyl covers offer a nice big canvas.

[@cdelgado7296]

Idk why I collect them but I’ve been collecting for about 5 years now

[@DanielTGaming]

Absolutely loving this new series of videos. Great stuff.

[@CariHelstrom]

really unexpected to find you here

[@thelistener2909]

5:58 Fantano refrence

[@mck9485]

For finding/exploring new music, streaming is great, but it’s when you rlly love something (or it’s marked down in price at the local goodwill) that you get a physical copy (vinyl/CD/cassette). It has that collector element to it that’s always prevalent in fan culture, yk? Not to mention the sonic differences per each medium

[@_Opalescence]

I mean, there are sonic differences that are relevant but usually they're just...you know, worse. Listening to an album on a vinyl record is fun and all but it does sound noticeably lower quality. Plus it skips and crackles and hisses, which is super fucking annoying. Cassettes and 8tracks sound better but they also have a stupidly low shelf life because magnetic tape tends to degrade so quickly.

[@vwestlife]

Call them "records" to avoid pissing off the vinyl snobs.

[@nyankittycharliedude]

To be fair you should probably already know that if you’re making a video essay about it lmao

[@ryland923]

no

[@meroinheroin]

Lol everyone who listens to records calls them that.

[@yaboidustin2447]

@@ryland923 yes*

[@gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw]

I thought calling them "vinyls" is what pissed them off, since "vinyl" just refers to the material the record is made of

[@obscure_alternatives]

I would say cd is probably my favorite format.I like it because it takes up less space,is cheaper,and I can pack as many as I want into a car!Although,I do also like cassettes and vinyls.Vinyls allow you to see the artwork and listen to it better,and cassettes are cute little tapes that you can play on cool-looking tape players

[@cristiancantero6763]

Yesss and u can listen to cds w headphones easier and also on a speaker system

[@kunpunko]

same! adore records and cassettes are cool, but CDs will always have a special place in my heart

[@Busby2008]

It’s actually vinyl 🤓

[@speedsongs4904]

is ur pfp mick karn? if so great taste lol

[@tbird2013]

@@Busby2008umm no it’s cds actually

[@MauricioJara]

There’s just something so special about physical formats of music, especially vinyl. There’s something for me to hold my hands on, and look back at, reflecting on the memories that album gave me. And while listening to an album, I can look through the art within the sleeves and cover for it.

[@user-ejxomyq]

I agree, I hate how people digitalize everything. It’s fun to hold something physical and cool looking again. Kinda like books, you’re more engaged when using something physically than on-line. Baby Boomers and Gen X also have experience with vinyl records, so it’s cool that our hobbies relate to past generations.

[@HeartlessValiumWhore]

I agree. Vinyls have so many disadvantages in longevity and sound quality but there is something so charming and enjoyable about having a physical copy of an album, and the experience of getting it from the store, unpacking it, looking at the art, etc.

[@abccba928]

o ko gbọdọ ṣe ohunkohun nigba gbigbọ orin o nilo ifọkansi bibẹẹkọ o padanu ipa naa

[@MauricioJara]

@@abccba928I am visual person. I like to look at the little booklet, lyric sheets, and stuff like that that comes packed into a vinyl record or cassette tape

[@theblurmetalhead]

sometimes i love CDs is because it helps me focus in the music that i am listening too, yes KZbin and Spotify is good but there just too much distraction.. With loads of notification and new music that keep popping up, i find it difficult not to jump from one song to the other, However listening to a CD it keeps me locked into the band and their music with totally no distractions from any other source. thus CD is why i purchase them it keeps me focus Stay safe

[@arjunsk1924]

This is what I’ve always said too. I listen to trance/house/dance music and on the CDS, the songs are mixed into one another. This means I let it play out without interfering, opposed to imusic which causes me to constantly shuffle every few minutes. Really helpful when driving/studying as you cannot afford to keep looking

[@theblurmetalhead]

@@arjunsk1924 agree... and glad to have someone with the same thought too..

[@RtbTCD]

5:56 The attention to detail... A Fantano judge

[@fan1000]

I'm CD,cassette and vinyl record guy,I'm a fan of all physical music media.

[@SHOPAKAHTW]

Me two

[@Ivegotsomewater81]

That’s me

[@retrotaco11]

Same, glad I'm not alone on that

[@fan1000]

@@retrotaco11 cool,welcome to da club

[@Spaghetti742]

How do you choose which format you are going to buy your albums on?

[@TMBKTheLazyBee]

Huh, wasn't expecting to find old boy 1 Grit at 4:16. Nice hiding spot too

[@ctlaserdisc]

i love collecting cds so much. i love being able to support artists and i love seeing the tracklist, liner notes, the cool little designs, and just everything! i have a huge interest in this kind of stuff (i mean, look at my username) so i got so excited seeing this video LMAO physical media is something i'll always adore. it's so charming

[@gerarddip]

I love CDs, there are a lot of em nowadays being practically given away. One that I found during a college event was being given away by the radio station amongst a bin of other random CDs, and it’s absolutely fire. It’s like this nasty album cover with jpeg compression around like a setting moon with papyrus font for its title, but the music is like… so evocative of that late 90s early 2000s jazzy spa almost vaporwave vibe. It’s impermanence by Michael Manson for those curious. Just some random thing that turned out to be awesome

[@TheWickedWombRaider]

This man literally writes whole screenplays for these videos, this should not go unnoticed 🤧❤️

[@funuf5987]

had to double-take at 7:24 for the no more parties in la soundbite, really clever lol

[@ChildishLumbino]

didn’t even notice that till i read this comment 🤣

[@LLUSION4Real]

Although I love the convenience of streaming having a physical copy of your music and being able to hold it is really cool, great vid dude keep it up 👍

[@xtracurlyfries]

I lived on the reservation and having service isn't guaranteed in most places on the road. I started collecting CDs incase my phone dies and I'm glad I did! I love the collectables that comes with it. One of my favorites is the WOLF deluxe set that came with a patch and a calendar!

[@sasquatch.8]

Nice

[@sleep6837]

This 'alternative' music commentary is dope dude! Glad you're deciding to do something different!

[@ricenoodles632]

Those MD sales were mainly from Japan. But I'm surprised it was only 22 million since everyone and their dogs in Japan had something to play MDs with back in the days.

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

I will cherish my vinyl collection forever and always. It's a much more, for lack of a better description, "intimate" way to listen to music. It's always fascinating to watch that record spin as the needle vibrates between the grooves, through some bizarre science creating some of the best music known to man.

[@FlameyyWameyy]

I was laughing throughout this video, your content is unmatched. Loving the new series, cant wait for more!

[@goldenage1000]

I actually originally found you out from this type of video essay content before the Basically series, cool to see that you still do them here and there.

[@garrett.c.j]

I've been into vinyl for a couple years now, and it's so satisfying to put so much "effort" in deliberately playing an album you want to listen to. Here recently my grandparents sent me a huge collection of cassettes. I even purchased a Walkman. Needless to say, I think I'm going to be on a cassette kick for a bit! (P.S. I've just realized I'm going in chronological order! Next up is CD's, haha.)

[@annabellvsks]

my favorite thing in the whole world is collecting cd's. they can be sooo cheap too and be in great condition! i've never had to buy a cd for more than $25 and most of the ones i've bought were $5! it's great!

[@orphic2155]

I absolutely love vinyls, CDs, cassettes,etc. I actually recently started my own collection!

[@fclefjefff4041]

For fuck's sake, stop calling records "vinyls"

[@fclefjefff4041]

You love vinyl. Not "vinyls"

[@caihly2443]

@@fclefjefff4041 it's just a contraction for vinyl records. Saying just "records" doesn't mean shit, an MP3 file is a record

[@JALC-x]

@@fclefjefff4041 manlet

[@LageYouTube]

@@caihly2443 "vinyls" is grammatically incorrect

[@Kitsunebyanothername]

I’ve personally been obsessed with MiniDisc. It’s like cassette but with all the conveniences of CD as a digital format. Very customizable too with all the disc colors and sticker labels.

[@itsmarcooooo]

Soo happy I just found this channel such a good video!! The abundance of sound effects really do keep it engaging and fun

[@boop53]

I collect CDs cos they’re more compact also you can play on dvd players, xbox, or old hi fi systems perfect for cars too!

[@sasquatch.8]

I shared my Cd collection two months ago and I like it when they come with mini posters. I've only gotten two so far

[@Crng_Wrthy6973]

Song at 8:27 is called "Fade to Black" by Metallica

[@januaryjerry3877]

This is the most refreshing stuff right here, can’t get enough bro, love the sense of humor. Please don’t stop 😂

[@kathk94]

I have a small cd collection. I love having physical media, especially since I have some music not available on streaming & I own the music. No ads or wi-fi is needed, they're convenient, easy to store & the art work is nice to look at.

[@kiroshow]

"BUT ITS VINYL NOT VINYLS-"[death] Good video as always, man :D

[@fredthefish1257]

haha, onlysmallbites is so funny!!! He makes me want to merge without looking

[@corneliusrawness]

haha

[@southarrest]

**car crash**

[@pradabears]

dark

[@XttN]

I've been watching since the most expensive music records, the animation quality really gets better every video! Great to see you going back to your talking videos.

[@RareMusicSpam]

I love physical copies of my favorite albums and artists, it makes me feel one step closer to the artists and I also love seeing all the credits and photoshoots! Listening to them is even better, wish new vinyls were cheaper

[@fan1000]

All of the best bits from this video 2:21 vibing in the Ritz car 2:53 R.I.P guy (got attacked by a floating truck) 3:01 CDeez .. 3:39 family reunion 4:19 bites on a game show 5:08 failed meeting 5:20 bites rages at a guy doing something wrong 6:11 bad guy madness 6:45 drake dance 7:00 basically macamora's thrift shop

[@SHOPAKAHTW]

Lol

[@fan1000]

@@SHOPAKAHTW lol

[@SHOPAKAHTW]

@@fan1000 lol

[@_Envous]

you could say, best bites im sorry

[@fan1000]

@@_Envous don't be,that is not two bad

[@fryguyy]

just bought a tyler the creator cd recentlaly. it was flower boy. i got it mostly for the album art. also u deserve more subs!

[@HeartlessValiumWhore]

You spent money on a Tyler record? Like...on purpose? Were you drunk?

[@SilentVG]

I don’t know why but 6:45 is just hilarious 😂. Keep up with the work SmallBites!!

[@_nathanperez_5741]

what song plays at 6:45

[@jamessandwich330]

@@_nathanperez_5741 legend by drake

[@leahreminimashups]

I literally just watched your last video for the first time and I was like "hey, this is amazing, can't wait for this guy's next upload" Then I go back to my home page is this was uploaded 20 minutes ago. Seriously though, you're hysterical dude. This new series is amazing

[@Whodnl]

You better know this is a onlysmallbites classic

[@mackavelly]

Bro, I'm incredibly blind but I've seen the cover of Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below SOOO many times, so it stood out like a sore thumb.

[@CloudyYote]

for a channel with only small bites this is a pretty long video! *laugh track*

[@henryfleischer404]

A lot of the music I like to listen to is not being sold digitally, so I tend to prefer CDs. They've got a good balance of having music I like, being durable, having good sound quality, being physical, and taking up the right amount of space. They fit quite well on my bookshelf.

[@RD500v2]

While I enjoyed the animations a lot, I'm glad you're doing more essay type/ topical videos now, peace :)

[@RobiticDuck]

Cassette nerd here. ( I still collect some cds as well) but I like how tapes are small, cool looking and are easily portable unlike cds. Plus I enjoy working on Walkmans

[@bismuththebi]

Where do you buy your cassettes from? My local electronic stores don’t have anything.

[@RobiticDuck]

@@bismuththebi thrift shops, garage sales, and online tape shops are great places. Ebay as well!

[@bismuththebi]

@@RobiticDuck thanks!

[@Judyhopps-1iq]

can i ask u something will cds work better on a xbox or ps3??? or sega dreamcast then a boombox??

[@RobiticDuck]

@@Judyhopps-1iq modern consoles should do just fine. You can rip the songs from the cd digitally to be stored on the Xbox, and Xbox 360 hard drives. I'm not too sure about the PS3 but it probably has a similar feature. I do still reccomend buying a radio with a cd player if it's an option for you. Happy collecting!

[@yn_sekai]

You're always gonna get me with that intro.

[@Manoffire97]

To me listening to vinyl is like an experience. You have to take it out, you look at the beautiful packaging and the artwork, sometimes the vinyl is colored which I absolutely love, you place the needle on it, you cannot skip a song or go back (not easily anyway), and then you gotta turn it halfway. All this on a home sound system, no bluetooth. Which means if you're going to listen to it, you will stay in that room and you will interact with it rather than just listening to a playlist on a bluetooth speaker and not paying much attention

[@BradyMatteson]

IT'S VINYL THE PLURAL OF VINYL IS VINYL AAAAA

[@andrewstewrt2141]

fun fact a cassette is just the signal from a 3.5mm jack but magnetic

[@knorkstea606]

The fade to black joke caught me offguard and I loved it

[@explodingegg123]

it caught me off guard too. btw nice pfp.

[@bjornboi1175]

Nice PFP you got there

[@xoneho614]

I love the details in this video, like the light 6 on MBDTF at 5:56

[@leafyyay6960]

i am a cassette collector bc i just love those little guys :)

[@scusemesir9988]

Me and my friend are trying to get all the mainstream audio types, I’ve got the most CDs, but he’s got a few vinyls, a fair amount of cassettes, and even 2 8-track tapes. There’s just something about listening to music on these old physical and niche formats that’s so fun and interesting, even if the audio has no low frequencies and the rest is covered in scratches and artifacts, we just say that the piece of media has “gained character with aging like fine wine”. Hence why if we wanna listen to music nicely, we buy CDs of it. But also being invested in music production and DJ-ing thanks entirely to Daft Punk and friends, we also wanna get lots of records later someday to be able to DJ oldskool style

[@probablymelgibson2344]

3:39 haah the laserdisc cracked me up ngl

[@Someidiotthatplayspiano]

I use CD or MP3 because they are affordable and don't have ads. I also just like the interaction of popping in a cd. Mp3 is just for making playlists.

[@el.blanco552]

Long story short, most CDs are going to give you the best quality possible, vinyls are great to listen to original mixes and not modern blown out mixes, they also have their own tone since it's literally a needle dragging across a disk. Vinyls also got amazing covers and custom disks.

[@LageYouTube]

Plural of vinyl is vinyl, not vinyls

[@AFellowCyberman]

Another El Blanco

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

And then there's cassettes, in all their worn, faded glory.

[@Garbango]

The 14 vinyl records sitting in my ebay shopping cart: 👁👄👁

[@JessyAyotte]

Ah

[@shapejustanormaltriangle7659]

My best vinyl memory came today. I was shopping in Target and i saw TPAB so I picked it up and payed for it. I then walked into Marshal's, which was where my mom was shopping. I was looking for her when I walked over to the fitting rooms, and the female worker had her coworker friends there. They struck a conversation up and we talked for 7ish minuets, and I looked down at my valued album, and I looked at the workers and in that moment i decided to donate it to them, so I asked the group "hey, are any of you a fan of Kendrick Lamar?" And 2/3 said no, the 1 that said yes, I handed TPAB to her and I backed up. Her coworker friend said "wait why did you do that?" I said "why not? Have a nice day." I have never seen someone so excited over a vinyl. Thanks for reading

[@HeartlessValiumWhore]

You actually spent money on a copy of TPAB? Were you drunk?

[@imperialjoe8023]

I like vinyl records and cds. I like cds for their durability and the fact that I can use them in my car. Plus they’re cheaper than dirt. I feel they get a bad wrap that’s pretty undeserving.

[@mrcarbonmr3065]

Based POGO album art above Bites' head at 9:05

[@rubysroom9469]

Anybody else love the feeling of vinyls in their hands?

[@LageYouTube]

Plural of vinyl is vinyl, not vinyls

[@dr3w399]

yes

[@gulchbrammer1967]

fr i love that sound of scratching little doodles in my vinyls with my fingernails

[@someonesaccountforwritingn9894]

It's just art for me. If u were to walk into someones house and see "in the aeroplane over the sea" on someone's wall you wouldn't even know there was like music for it

[@powerslave0606]

8:54 And also getting alternative artwork makes them more appealing. The vinyl version of Vs. has a different cover btw (as well as Riot Act and Avocado + Ten's is the full unfolded CD booklet).

[@caihly2443]

Love the resurgence in vinyl popularity. Some old fellow sees an opportunity to make a quick buck, thrifts it, and I get my Van Der Graaf records for like $5 at best. Then there's King Crimson which somehow never sells below $30

[@HeartlessValiumWhore]

I also love the resurgence of vinyls, although I do hate how much vinylheads pretend as if they sound better. They crackle, they hiss, they pop, they have inner groove distortion and even when they're brand new, the end of the record always sounds considerably worse than the beginning. They're also fragile and they lose sound quality every time you play them. They're a ton of fun to collect, they're a real work of art, and I'm glad they're popular still, but people be acting stupid as fuck about vinyls.

[@facepunch0122]

​@@HeartlessValiumWhore it all really depends on the record and the turntable, my copy of aja by Steely Dan after a quick clean sounds incredible(better than digital) with almost no background noise. While I can't get anything by foo fighters to sound great no matter how much cleaning I put in. Digital is just more consistent

[@pinegreenmustard]

i like vinyls because when you don’t spend $500 dollars on a nice player and speakers, they sound funky :3

[@Devshujin]

This is Scott the woz X music and I am now screaming in excitement

[@fan1000]

True👍👌

[@becketthor]

I love cassettes because of how accessible they are. I have so many from small bands that would otherwise be unable to put out physical music. You can get the players for dirt cheap and you can make your own easily

[@HeartlessValiumWhore]

Cassettes would really be the superior form of music storage if only magnetic tape didn't have such a pitifully short shelf life.

[@Mariofans-gn1lu]

@@HeartlessValiumWhore no! cds are the superior ones

[@scroggins88]

Started on cassettes 2 years ago and I'm not turning back

[@Jordan-fn5rj]

how the hell can you prefer cassettes over cds?! cassettes sounds awful

[@olympus__]

@@Jordan-fn5rjbro stop spreading hate in all these replies, let people enjoy what they like. Also, a type II or above tape in a proper deck can sound just as good as CD. If you want to brag about quality, just use a lossless streaming service.

[@Cinnimin]

as an artist who does physicals at home, there's interesting and notable noise styles that come from each player especially if the quality's low. for example vinyl likes to crackle, cassettes like to hiss, and cds also sometimes hiss depending on the player you use. i find it adds to the aesthetic of my music in particular which nowadays tries to mimic found footage recordings.

[@oxiary]

inject this serotonin of seeing an onlysmallbites video, into our mf veinsss

[@tylerwilson5769]

I've started my vinyl collection recently, the reason why I enjoy listening to vinyl is the ritual that is putting in the record, spinning it, and then lowering the stylus. It's also fun to collect.

[@coolduder1001]

If it's brand new, and it's someone I like, I buy a cd. If it came out on cd at all and it's cheaper than an lp, I get a cd.

[@PotatoMashter]

i dont think it has to do with whats best its what fits with the vibe. like i collect vinyls and tbh its super extra but it has a special VIBE same with disks and cassetes. you have to be in a special vibe to listen to them

[@ismellstatic]

The use of the plural vinyls makes me wanna break into your home and eat all your food

[@Anastasia2048]

Bro chill 😂

[@ismellstatic]

@@Anastasia2048 no, i'm hungry

[@Anastasia2048]

@@ismellstatic Just eat a snickers man. You ain't yourself when you're hungry.

[@cheesemanthe2nd]

The process of creating your own playlists goes back way further than cassettes. Record changers that allowed you to stack multiple records to be played in succession have existed since 1927, and before that some portable record players had compartments store multiple records inside. Later on with the success of the 45 small record booklets with handles became popular amongst teens in the 50s, and after that 8 tracks were the first true first form of general consumer tape that people would create playlists on

[@Gabijavm]

I'm a vinyl kinda person, it's like a ritual listening to vinyl!

[@Mariofans-gn1lu]

viny are garbage

[@Hexagular]

I grew up with CDs so I'm gonna be biased towards them. They're compact as their name states and you just have to store them somewhere safe and they last ages. They're just better, smaller, cheaper versions of vinyl (and they're easier to pirate stuff onto but don't tell anyone)

[@carsonallen8997]

Another great video, my favorite part was 6:44, please keep making videos🙏

[@bjblaskowitz4435]

Love Cassettes Man The Sound The Size The Equipment Of Showing Via Beautiful VU Meter To A Bright Digital Meter The Format Is Underrated

[@EricE549]

this is an awesome series, like scott the woz but for music.

[@SpaceSloth707]

Music streaming and buying digital albums is definitely very easy. It's also very handy since you don't actually need physical space to store the music. Which is really neat if you don’t have much space. But there's just something special about physical music. The ability to hold it in your hands & look at it, and (especially with vinyl) the ritual that comes with it.

[@bookofawimpykid6226]

I heard a second of Happy Valentine's Day from Outkast in this video. Am I mistaken?

[@tennisracket166]

Vinyls are nice because you have the ability to speed up and slow down the songs, which is something I am into ❤❤

[@ChuckieFinster_290]

Nah Vinyls sounds like crap like cassettes. CD'S ARE BETTER ♥ 💿 ❤

[@explodamite]

Why the hell would you wanna intentionally tamper with a songs speed? Why can’t you just listen to it normally like a normal person??

[@tennisracket166]

@@explodamite because it sounds good, I just have a knack for flat and sharp sounding music

[@palmtreez29]

i, myself still collect CDs and vinyl and I occasionally listen to em :p

[@LageYouTube]

Plural of vinyl is vinyl, not vinyls

[@charles.personal]

i like CDs alot more than vinyl just due to size, portability, and the ability to rip them onto your pc

[@charles.personal]

also the audio quality is practically the same

[@Samotbackwards]

Love the new series man. Keep it up!

[@gelatinous6915]

I like all three because I like owning music. I especially like CD and cassette (especially cassette) because it's cool to be able to just record a bunch of songs onto a physical thing and have them there, without having to pay a subscription to listen to it. I can just put it on a shelf and have it there for however long I want. The fact that you can put whatever music or audio on a cassette at any point, too (as opposed to it being digital files loaded on from a computer) is just really neat. Besides, it supports the artist!

[@anthonyanderson77]

I grew up (in the 70s) calling them records (any type generically), albums, or 45s. It's been 10 years of this renewal and vinyl still sounds weird to my ears. And vinyls plural just sounds flat out ungrammatical. I guess this is classic case of an old guy (50s) being set in his ways, lol. They weren't called vinyls in the 20th century. You bought your music at the record store, not the vinyl store.

[@cerealsauce420]

9:07 SUPERMODEL!!! BY FOSTER THE PEOPLE!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! FOR PUTTING IT IN YOUR STORE!!!!!!!

[@chicagoakland]

Shoutout to the tiny ATCQ sample at 8:07.

[@waifubreaks1572]

Video games have gone the same way, theirs a strong push for digital today that doesn't sit well with a lot of people.

[@ellaisas2065]

i love cds collecting them is so fun and filling

[@sdw-hv5ko]

Haven't even watched the video yet and I'm already liking cuz I just have that faith