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RE: Vinyl is back with a vengance. Why not tape?

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In Reply to: RE: Vinyl is back with a vengance. Why not tape? posted by RIQUE on July 24, 2016 at 20:50:42

Pre-recorded cassette tapes never equalled a recording from vinyl made on a good machine, or even a marginal machine for that matter. The labels are notorious cheapskates and the grade of magnetic tape they used was low ... equivalent to a Maxell UD or TDK AD, not a Maxell XLII or TDK SA. No noise reduction was used (eg Dolby II).
Only non-audiophiles ever listened to pre-recorded cassettes at home. I would guess that 90% of pre-recorded tapes ever sold never left the car.
So the purpose of a home system with the cassette machine for most users was to make a home recording of music they had on vinyl to take in the car or the beach. The good blank cassette media isn't available anymore.
Open Reel pre-recorded music is high quality, but now we are talking expensive, large machines and collector-priced media.

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