Re: Cassette ramblings...

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Posted by Wayne Parham [ 64.216.179.54 ] on December 04, 2004 at 20:49:57:

In Reply to: Re: Cassette ramblings... posted by hurdy_gurdyman on December 04, 2004 at 20:09:42:

Gotcha. It will be good to be back in good working order again, and I'm glad you'll still have a parts deck. That will work out nicely.

I think some that aren't familiar with a real good cassette deck are quite surprized when they hear one. It's a great format, "user friendly" and good sounding when the tape and deck are of high quality.

When I use a deck with no bias adjustment, I usually find one of two brands that work best. Teac and Maxell CrO2 or metal tapes are usually best. But when I have adjustable bias, I can usually make most any tape but the ultra cheap ones sound pretty good. Of course, Fe2O3 tapes always have a little more bass and less treble, but with the right bias setting, I can make them really sound pretty good, flat out to probably 16kHz. The metal tapes are easy to get dead flat out past 20kHz.


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