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Originally Posted by Quoth
I've always argued that while I buy music on CD, that the Compact Cassette is a good format for audiobooks: - Good enough quality (even 300 Hz to 3kHz is workable)
- Remembers playing position (CD rubbish for that).
- Fits pocket (CDs don't).
Certainly even MP3 (apps like Musicolet on a phone remembers position) can be more use than CD for an audiobook and even 64 kbps* mono is OK for a simple audio book.
[* ISDN uses lossless 64k and 8 kHz sampling, but some lossy formats at 64k can sound better for mono]
Elcaset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elcaset |
For audiobooks, I've found that with some audiobooks (single reader, little to no music) a mono MP3 at 96kbps sounds fine and saves a large amount of storage space. I took a 50-CD audiobook and by doing that I could fit the entire audiobook on to six 700MB CD-Rs.
I've seen a videos featuring the Elcaset and the one weak point in the format are the flimsy "wings" that guide the tape through the device. It seems like they would be easy to break off. That's why I mentioned the RCA Tape Cartridge instead, it doesn't have that weakness (structure wise it is similar to the Compact Cassette). The only thing I'd add to the RCA Tape Cartridge is a protective shutter (like on a digital compact cassette tape) that protects the tape when it is out of its case or player.