I’ll never understand the current cassette fad. I lived through the cassette era, it was terrible, poor dynamic range and truckloads of noise. Worst of all, they degraded and wore out quickly if you were lucky enough to not have them eaten by the player.
Worst physical format ever, 8-tracks were better. I wonder if this cassette thing is causing a demand bump in pencils and splicing tape.
Back on topic, DIY vinyl has been around for a while, but it doesn’t include a mastering engineer.