Tape Trail

Reel to reel, cassette and other analogue tape formats.

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RE: Are you? Not really.

Posted by ltman on May 11, 2024 at 13:26:02:

I probably have at least 10 years left, but I certainly don't have the bank account for more machines. At least not until I get my 18 year old through college...

Yesterday I listened carefully to a Columbia 4 track commercial release of a double album tape, and then listed to the exact same on TIDAL.

Each media had some advantages over the other but there was no overwhelming winner.

The tape sounded more open, airy, MUCH more like listening to a live performance in a relatively reverberant hall.

THe TIDAL lossless flac sounded somewhat (not that much) more detailed, with better seperation and definition of instruments, and oerhaos a bit more extended in the highs, and perhaps a bit better defined bass.

But the flac media also sounded less like a live listening event. More like listening to headphones.

I may not be investing much more in buying tapes, but I really like many of those that I have.

Having said that, none of the Sonys sound as good in playback or recording as the Pioneer 909 did. Kind of regret selling it...