Serge Auckland wrote...

Sad in a way, but my PC does infinitely
better recordings with a lot less faf.


The cassette format has had a good lifespan, nearly
50 years now isn't it? I got a used MiniDisc deck 3 years ago
and am very pleased with it. Ideal for digital recording from DAB
and DVB the editing/naming facilities are super for that sort of
use. Sadly I seem to have climbed onto the bandwagon just as the wheels
were falling off. 3 years ago there were 3 sources of blank discs in my
town now there are none and its a 20 mile hike or fleabay. Looks like
Sony are giving up on MD after only 16 years.

On Dolby C; 5/6 years ago I picked an old Aiwa cassette deck at a car
boot just because it had C. I noticed a lot of pumping on recordings I
made,one in particular, some Synth pop stuff was so bad that it had me
on my knees in a fit of giggles at the poor thing. Was this a
characteristic of C or was it just the Aiwa?

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Ken

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