Cassettes are making a comeback?
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cooper52
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God, I hope not!
God, I hope not!
slowgeezr
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I've still got about 100 or so cassettes in a box somewhere. I should find the old cassette player and see if it still works, just for fun.
I've still got about 100 or so cassettes in a box somewhere. I should find the old cassette player and see if it still works, just for fun.
jdandy
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Obviously Rosecrans Baldwin never heard a top shelf Nakamichi cassette machine do its thing. My Nakamichi CR-7A routinely rocked the house.
Obviously Rosecrans Baldwin never heard a top shelf Nakamichi cassette machine do its thing. My Nakamichi CR-7A routinely rocked the house.
Dizzie
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WOOOHOOOO!! :yahoo1: My car has a cassette player. Guess I should keep it.
WOOOHOOOO!! :yahoo1: My car has a cassette player. Guess I should keep it.
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Over 30 years ago, before CDs, people who used cassettes showed me an important lesson or two. You see, I was always looking for the best and most real sound, they weren’t. What I learned was:
In later life, CDs replaced cassettes in car, but people still wanted loudness, portability and selectivity.
And Reel to reel tape recorders were great and still are.
Over 30 years ago, before CDs, people who used cassettes showed me an important lesson or two. You see, I was always looking for the best and most real sound, they weren’t. What I learned was:
- People wanted convenience and portability and that meant more than good sound. They wanted to take their music with them, whether it was walking or driving. This was more important than sound quality.
- People are selective, very selective. They wanted the “best of” cassettes where they would record off albums only the songs they liked best and in the order that wanted.
- Music was not permanent. They did not care that cassettes wore out.
- Loudness was more important than fidelity.
In later life, CDs replaced cassettes in car, but people still wanted loudness, portability and selectivity.
And Reel to reel tape recorders were great and still are.
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I hated the article for a number of reasons. First of all, if you used high quality cassettes to record on a high quality cassette deck (think Nakamichi) from a high quality table/arm/cartridge, the sound was and is real damn good. I have made tapes that blew away CDs of the day. Considering you were recording on both sides of an 1/8" wide piece of tape at 1 7/8" ips, it's a miracle they can and do sound so good. Are cassette tapes convenient? No, but then no analog is convenient which is why we have digital couch potatoes. This bozo made it sound like cassette tapes were the lowest fidelity he has ever heard which tells me everything I need to know about his system he had back in those days if not now.
I hated the article for a number of reasons. First of all, if you used high quality cassettes to record on a high quality cassette deck (think Nakamichi) from a high quality table/arm/cartridge, the sound was and is real damn good. I have made tapes that blew away CDs of the day. Considering you were recording on both sides of an 1/8" wide piece of tape at 1 7/8" ips, it's a miracle they can and do sound so good. Are cassette tapes convenient? No, but then no analog is convenient which is why we have digital couch potatoes. This bozo made it sound like cassette tapes were the lowest fidelity he has ever heard which tells me everything I need to know about his system he had back in those days if not now.
Cassett s are making a comeback?
Nakamichi Dragon was my best tape deck. Loved it. Remember those crazy Maxell Silver tapes?
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Nakamichi Dragon was my best tape deck. Loved it. Remember those crazy Maxell Silver tapes?
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jdandy
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Cassettes were great to make your compilations of albums, or record off FM radio. That excitement soon went sour, when the tape player in your car decided to chew all those hours into vomit.
Good riddance to cassettes and VHS/Betamax.
Cassettes were great to make your compilations of albums, or record off FM radio. That excitement soon went sour, when the tape player in your car decided to chew all those hours into vomit.
Good riddance to cassettes and VHS/Betamax.
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You bet ! Although my personal fav was Sony MA-XG. They were bloody expensive though !
I've been thinking about getting the Dragon for a few years, just for the sake of having one.
BTW - on a recent hi-fi show in Sophia, Bulgaria, I have heard copies of R2R tapes played on a Nak CC deck - sounded pretty impressive ! IMO that would be the way to go if someone still wants to use a CC deck.
You bet ! Although my personal fav was Sony MA-XG. They were bloody expensive though !
I've been thinking about getting the Dragon for a few years, just for the sake of having one.
BTW - on a recent hi-fi show in Sophia, Bulgaria, I have heard copies of R2R tapes played on a Nak CC deck - sounded pretty impressive ! IMO that would be the way to go if someone still wants to use a CC deck.
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I could imagine a Harmon Kardon CD-491 under the dash powered by a 230V alternator, since reliable inverters were hard to come by and in their infancy in the mid 70's. Would have meant no legroom, or put up with a high heel wedged in the cassette well..
As for the brands of cassettes, gosh memory tester here now, Memorex Chrome, their metals were too expensive at the time, TDK, Sony, Maxell, Scotch, BASF, they all were chewed up, eventually. I still have the HK recorder, but suspect all the small caps are dried out by now, unpowered for at least 10 years.
Should have had a better cassette deck and higher quality tapes to record to.
I could imagine a Harmon Kardon CD-491 under the dash powered by a 230V alternator, since reliable inverters were hard to come by and in their infancy in the mid 70's. Would have meant no legroom, or put up with a high heel wedged in the cassette well..
As for the brands of cassettes, gosh memory tester here now, Memorex Chrome, their metals were too expensive at the time, TDK, Sony, Maxell, Scotch, BASF, they all were chewed up, eventually. I still have the HK recorder, but suspect all the small caps are dried out by now, unpowered for at least 10 years.
