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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , The Legend Returns
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Can't see the point of going back to analog mag tape. Recording onto
CD or other digital media seems fine to me with none of the worries
about head cleaning, dolby adjustments, etc, etc. I only use tape now
when replaying old recordings to transfer them to CD.

But to me, that's half the fun of a cassette deck, all the messing
about and experimenting with different tapes.

For me, the point of audio equipment is to allow me to listen to and enjoy
the sound of the music/speech/etc. Not to fiddle about. Happy to leave the
fiddling to the people in the orchestra. :-)

I agree it can be fun to design or build your own kit, and to discover how
it works. But I regard that as a seperate interest. Once designed and built
I want it to work without more fiddling around on any regular basis.



You may well ask why people bother with vintage and veteran cars.
They're cold, dirty, break down every few hundred miles and need more
attention than a new born baby! However, people still enjoy driving and
working on them.

That is fine for them if that is their source of pleasure. I don't have a
car, though. :-)


BTW, dare I ask this, but did you use metal tape cassettes?

I did experiment a few times with metal cassettes. However they didn't seem
worth the expense at the time, and with the deck I had - which I suspect
could not fully drive them. The type 2 tapes seemed OK to me.

Slainte,

Jim

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