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just brew it! wrote:The reputation cassettes had for being lo-fi were due to a combination of abysmally bad commercially duplicated tapes, and the fact that most people used them in their cars, where the extreme temperature and humidity fluctuations wreaked havoc with the media.
Wirko wrote:just brew it! wrote:The reputation cassettes had for being lo-fi were due to a combination of abysmally bad commercially duplicated tapes, and the fact that most people used them in their cars, where the extreme temperature and humidity fluctuations wreaked havoc with the media.
On top of that, recordings with Dolby B deteriorated fast, those with Dolby C deteriorated painfully fast (ouch!), and those without Dolby haven't stood the test of time very well, either.
setaG_lliB wrote:I'm guessing that most of these songs were recorded from CDs.
just brew it! wrote:A decent cassette deck with high-quality tape
just brew it! wrote:Yes, I believe there's been a bit of a "hipster" cassette revival as well. Don't think it's anywhere near as big as vinyl though.
morphine wrote:just brew it! wrote:Yes, I believe there's been a bit of a "hipster" cassette revival as well. Don't think it's anywhere near as big as vinyl though.
Yes, but it's an incredibly stupid one. Especially in the really-heavy-metal scene, I'm seeing cassete releases.
morphine wrote:just brew it! wrote:Yes, I believe there's been a bit of a "hipster" cassette revival as well. Don't think it's anywhere near as big as vinyl though.
Yes, but it's an incredibly stupid one. Especially in the really-heavy-metal scene, I'm seeing cassete releases.
ludi wrote:morphine wrote:just brew it! wrote:Yes, I believe there's been a bit of a "hipster" cassette revival as well. Don't think it's anywhere near as big as vinyl though.
Yes, but it's an incredibly stupid one. Especially in the really-heavy-metal scene, I'm seeing cassete releases.
You don't want your heavy metal recorded with heavy metals?
morphine wrote:just brew it! wrote:Yes, I believe there's been a bit of a "hipster" cassette revival as well. Don't think it's anywhere near as big as vinyl though.
Yes, but it's an incredibly stupid one. Especially in the really-heavy-metal scene, I'm seeing cassete releases.
Captain Ned wrote:morphine wrote:just brew it! wrote:Yes, I believe there's been a bit of a "hipster" cassette revival as well. Don't think it's anywhere near as big as vinyl though.
Yes, but it's an incredibly stupid one. Especially in the really-heavy-metal scene, I'm seeing cassete releases.
There was a reference in this month's Stereophile. Seems that the best-selling cassette in 2017 was the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 soundtrack, which moved 4,000 copies.
just brew it! wrote:There was some decent normal bias tape available. IIRC TDK made one called "Auda" or something like that, which sounded very good.
As a guess, your "miracle tape" was made on a deck with adjustable recording bias, by someone who was OCD enough to tweak the bias to get the flattest frequency response for each brand and type of media. I was "that guy" back when I used to make tapes for my car.
setaG_lliB wrote:I bought that on CD. I could make a mix tape!I actually bought the Guardians of the Galaxy tape, mainly because I was wondering how good (or bad) a brand new commercially recorded cassette would sound. "Phooey, more of the same" was the conclusion I came to. This mixtape on a cheap Maxell UR90 sounds better.
just brew it! wrote:Even when played back on the same deck? Muffled highs when moving tapes from one device to another is a sign of improper head alignment.