Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:34:17 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

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.

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...

Will tape ever die?

Lets hope not!

Cheers all
tox

You should try *real* tape recording on a reel to reel recorder.

Ideally, a Nagra-D.................. :-)

I quite like my Studer B67s.

Ian