This happened to Gramophone Records decades back and today the only place Gramophone is seen is in the HMV logo with the dog staring intently at it. What actually happened to them? Well….. They just lost the race against the hands of clock and became victims to technology. The killer has struck again and this time the quarry is the audio cassette.
The Gramophone died when I was a child so I could not emotionally experience the tragic demise of the majestic instrument and the circular melody platter. I have a well stocked cassette collection at my house and every day the layer of dust thickens and the once exhaustive and adorable collection becomes shrouded. The Philips V-500 Music System also lies neglected in a corner.
Compact Discs, affectionately called CD’s are in. They have a much larger capacity and also offer much more flexibility than traditional cassettes. They are easier to store and are more weather-proof than their predecessors.
A mere peek inside a music shop vouches for the fact that audio-cassettes are dying fast. The only factor that still keeps them in demand is the price and that too is often bashed by the denizens of cyber world. Free music is available easily to all and cheap MP3 players keep the geeks entertained on the go!
At times I also feel guilty of letting go of the old and faithful companion but then it would be logically unwise to stick to obsolete technologies. So am also now an ardent CD collector, emotion having taken a back seat.
Geometry seems pretty ironic in this case. Circle to rectangle and then again a circle.
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