In Reply to: New Respect for the Cassette! posted by MannyE on January 3, 2017 at 10:28:22:
This story is from several years ago but still after the decline of the cassette and still includes a lesson.
One of my audio buddies became so frustrated with recording quality back in the '80s that he became a producer for local jazz shows just so he could make his own recordings. I don't recall which machine but he used a direct feed to a 15 ips R2R deck. I heard a few of those tapes played back at his home and they were outstanding, very realistic, including great dynamics.
So I was surprised some time after that when he played a couple of small group jazz recordings for me that he found on cassette at a thrift store. They were amazingly good. We theorized because they were on very small, if not obscure labels, they were recorded in real time rather than on high speed dupe machines like the major labels. I know from my own experience I could make better tapes at home than the commercial offerings.
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing, if you can fake that you've got it made." Groucho
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