Cassette Tapes

some say that the cassettes are long gone, or "stone age"...
But i love them! anyone else agree?

I don't have anything serious to talk about now, but i'll write it down when i do.

Tape is superior to CD, as long as you use a good tapedeck and good quality blank tapes, such as
Maxell XL-IIS ot TDK SA-X for example.

A big tapedeck like the Nakamichi 1000 and 1000 ZXL explodes any digital setup on a musicality level: far more dynamic, much more sound matter, highs goes further and low is deeper, in one word like in 100, it's analog!

Moreover, it has the "magic" ability to enhance digital:
recording a CD to a tape "analogizes" the CD, removes a lot of harshness (thanks to bandwidth limitation, it removes digital supersonic noise).

The absolute best tape deck ever:

Nakamichi 1000 ZXL gold (it costs about 7000 € in good condition, very rare):





Edited by oliverstoned

When i switch from my big digital set up (which works great) to my Naka1000, the difference is obvious and you realize how thin digital is. Simply cause it's analog.
And this tapedeck is from 1973!!! (The first version), designed for studio.

Nice stuff! Sadly, the casette's today are a bit boring, i think. All i've got is like Maxell 90 and DR 60...
And then again, it's sad that car stereos with casette players hardly sells anymore
I've got about 50 tapes with black sabbath, deep purple, pink floyd, jean michelle jearre...

It's an incredible source. Better count 600 to 1000 dollars in good condition...




Wikipedia:

"Nakamichi is a historic high end audio audio company. It is now owned by the Grande Group, a conglomerate based in Singapore. Nakamichi was founded in 1948, manufacturing portable radios, tone arms, speakers, and communications equipment, then in 1972 launched its first Nakamichi-brand products, home audio gear that included the world's first three-head cassette deck."

"In the 1970s Nakamichi created stereo cassette decks that eventually made reel-to-reel tape recorders obsolete for consumers. The Nakamichi 1000 was regarded as one of the finest cassette recorder made in the mid-1970s. It had three heads, high quality motors that reduced wow and flutter to new low levels, and had Dolby noise reduction to increase the signal to noise ratio. Most audiophiles wanted, but few could afford the Nakamichi 1000, so Nakamichi came out with lesser models such as the Nakamichi 700, a silver instead of black version of the 1000, and the silver wedge-shaped 600."





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What?

Have lots of tape actually, but i havent been using them since i bought a Cd player...

some tapes give you a  blurry sound after repetetive plays... so i think CDs are better...

i wouldn't be without my good ol' DENON DR-M34HR cassette decks - i'm often recording live concerts and events from my DAB receiver, or mixing down my own efforts at creating music!.

The Last one is the coolest! is it from the 80's? it sure looks like it

ok, how many taps do you people have? i have like 40-50