"The Bean Machine" wrote:

: I picked up some TDK SA90 tape from Richer Sounds for a bargain 59p each, I
: then rigged up my Pioneer CT-S740S tape deck, which I bought about five
: years ago and have never used.

Sheesh! It must be about ten years since I bought any - I used to buy that and
Sony Metal-XR in 10-packs on sale specials - and recently when I looked, they
seemed absurdly overpriced - in fact, looking now, RRP NZD$9.95 EACH!
http://www.tdk.co.nz/default.asp?ObjectID=53
That's about GBP£3.66! ... if 59p is a bargain, what's the "normal" price?
I see Richer Sounds has TDK SA90 (Pack of 100) for £59.00 - is that it?
http://www.richersounds.com/index.ph...ist.php&c=1606
What do they sell 10-packs (or singles) for, in comparison?
No way I'd buy 100 ... I suppose you could club in with some others.

: Sheer bliss, just messing about using all the bells and whistles (more than
: you can shake a stick at on this deck,) it just reminded me of 20 years ago,
: when virtually when everything was recorded onto compact cassettes.
:
: As for the sound quality of the deck, I was knocked out by how much tape
: technology has moved on since the seventies. OK the Pioneer is no Nakamichi,
: however, for the IIRC, £230 I paid for it in a half price sale, it has paid
: me back fully in one evening...simply wonderful...

I guess my first "hi-fi" purchases were a Sony RX80ES cassette deck and a Sony
308ESD CD player, about 15 years ago IIRC. They both are still in use, the
tapedeck less so, and consequently it's still in quite good nick.
Only a 2-head, but not too shabby-sounding, and I had it checked in that time.

: Will tape ever die?
:
: Lets hope not!

Not while people still have tape collections and car players are not all CD's.
A friend has recently loaned me his Sony WM-D6C to have a play with ...
It seems to do better than the RX80ES, and it's a fricking (pro)Walkman!
RdM (in nz, not zn)