Lou Ottens and the compact cassette

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It's physical, it's emotional.

cassette C90

Lou Ottens 1

"... the idea born from the clumsiness of a very clever man."

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Lou Ottens 2

Lodewijk Frederik Ottens 1926 ~ 2021
Ingenieur, Manager, Directeur, Philips Hasselt

"Commercially, [Philips] wanted us to patent.  Lou said: 'No. Everyone who wants to can make it.'
But we demand a certain quality and a standard.  
When the listener buys a device in the beginning, they can keep using it.  
One device, one standard, one music carrier."

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Cassette:  a documentary mixtape  [2016]
by Zack Taylor, Georg Petzold, Seth Smoot

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https://www.cassettefilm.com/trailerclips

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Lou Ottens obituaries

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/17/lou-ottens-obituary

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/ ... ou-ottens-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/9 ... audio-cassette-tape

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lou-ottens-obituary-d9vbmg5bh

https://www.washingtonpost.com/l ... f7709abe_story.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56355444

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/ ... ssette-tape-dies-94