There are many who still listen to cassettes. Maintaining a huge collection of cassettes is cheaper to start with. I have been told that you get that analogue feel when listening to cassettes. I had never heard cassettes before. But when I heard them for the first time, I liked them and on advice of some senior member of this forum, I have procured Nakamichi Deck and a lot of 3000 cassettes. Since I am new into vinyls also (Procuring the records first), due to steep cost of vinyl records, I can maintain small collection of vinyls. Combined stock of cassettes and vinyl records will enable me to have a good degree of source material as well as be light on budget.