"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:58:20 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Triffid wrote:
It's de-emphasis. Tape a CD onto it and it'll sound just fine. Bet
you
can't hear much past 14k anyway, I certainly can't. (44yo). Despite
years of under-rating by snide old farts, cassettes continue to provide
a worthwhile music source.

*Most* cassettes don't go anywhere near 14kHz in practice. On a new
machine with good tape when measured, yes. After a few years use, no.

I find that if I monitor off-tape as I record, the top end is pretty
good.

I regularly used to flick from source to monitor when recording on my
Nakamichi 582 and was always pretty staggered at how little difference there
was. Subjectively, there didn't seem any difference to the top end.

I still kick myself sometimes for selling it.

Roy.