A cassette deck recording sample.

[Brian Oshman]

Decent quality cassette tapes do not shed (unlike many R2R tapes). I have cassettes recorded over 30 years ago which still play very well (unlike many of the CD's half that age). In any case, I can always re-record from the original vinyl and I can play a tape hundreds of times without noticeable deterioration in the sound quality.

Cheers

Alex

That is so 1980's. There is no way that a tape or vinyl will compete with the noise floor, signal to noise ratio or dynamic range of a digital recording.

Also, are you trying to claim that a cassette will blow away CD's and even reel to reel? Nonsense. That's trolling.

 

[Brian Oshman]

proper place? I thought so, since you posted a FLAC file of an analogue rip off!!! But it is your thread if you don't want to talk about this I understand and drop the question 🙂

BTW for completeness, CDs are obsolete, a real evaluation of the potential of a digital rig should only be done through Hi Res file DSD 8.XMHz Digital Master.
However, I do love Vinyl and don't even have digital source on my system either..
😎

CD's are not obsolete, tape and vinyl is.

 

[Brian Oshman]

Well, at the last Whittlebury Hi-Fi show I've used another sample of that cassette deck as a second source in a ~£40K system and we were playing all kinds of music through it, recorded from vinyl. No complains about the sound quality (actually people could not believe it when the source was pointed out to them 😉 ) .

Cheers

Alex

P.S.



It will not (mostly because a good cassette tape is miles better). And as I've said, the deck I've used for that recording can be compared only to a good 15 ips R2R. It runs at 3 3/4 ips though (didn't I mention that 😉 )?

Nonsense, 15ips will eat any cassette. Besides, all you are doing is increasing hiss with higher speed. Sure, it increases dynamic range but there is no free lunch there. There are reasons it is no longer used. It is obsolete.

 

[x-pro]

That is so 1980's. There is no way that a tape or vinyl will compete with the noise floor, signal to noise ratio or dynamic range of a digital recording.

Do you mean you are listening to "the noise floor, signal to noise ratio or dynamic range" ?! I listen to the music and only measure all that other stuff.

Also, are you trying to claim that a cassette will blow away CD's and even reel to reel? Nonsense. That's trolling.

No trolling - for me a well recorded from a decent analogue source standard speed cassette most certainly sounds better than a CD. That is why I don't listen to CDs and do listen to cassettes 😉 . A standard speed cassette can compete with a 7.5 ips R2R and a double speed (3.75 ips) cassette, done right - with a 15 ips R2R. And it is not only my opinion.

Cheers

Alex

 

[Stefanoo]

CD's are not obsolete, tape and vinyl is.

No CD with it's 44.1KHz 16bit is obsolete!
Look at the spectrum of a PCM recording vs Vinyl, if you didn't you will be surprised!!

Also don't know what analogue set up you are used to.

Vinyl with proper set up and pressing will blow CD and Hi-Res music anytime (later being harder to better) 😉
😎

 

[Dude111]

I've uploaded a sample from my (live) recording of a choir to a cassette deck.

Not bad Alex for compromised analogue sound!! (Going over a digital connection)

how does it compare to vinyl? Let me open a little debate:

Vinyl vs Hi rez digital music! Which one is your favorite?

Definetly VINYL!! (Analog) -- Much nicer!!

Even most cassettes I find do not sound as good as records!!