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| | Compact Cassette Summary |
 | | Digital audio tape (DAT) and its recorders, which became widely available in the United States in 1990, and digital compact cassettes (DCC), introduced for consumer use in 1992, provide the amateur audiophile with the ability to make a tape copy that is an exact reproduction of original sounds rather than just an approximation. |
 | | The compact audio cassette medium for audio storage was introduced in Europe by Philips in 1963, and in USA in 1964, under the trademark name Compact Cassette. |
 | | Cassettes were also a boon to people wishing to tape concerts (unauthorized or authorized) for sale or trade, a practice tacitly or overtly encouraged by many bands with a more counterculture bent such as the Grateful Dead. |
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