Re: CD to TAPE??? Yes ,,,,

Posted by tubejack (A) on October 28, 2006 at 06:26:12

In Reply to: CD to TAPE??? posted by SOUR MILK MOON on October 27, 2006 at 18:16:04:

For fear of sounding foolish to others, yes I do. I'd classify my system as mid level tube based (76/6SN7 CCS loaded linestage, 300B monoblocks, 6922 shunt reg'd phono pre with MC Stepups, etc) vinyl focused. I have several (4) 2-track RTR's and record vinyl @ 7.5 and 15ips. I use a Philips 963 (and an older 880 that weights 22 pounds ..) through a Benchmark DAC-1 for CD's. I have tried other outboard upsample DAC's, non up-sampling battery DAC's(diy), etc. To my (age 57) ears, in my system, CD's are harsh(er) and lack depth and dynamics vs my analog sources. So, for grins I ran a few test tracks from CD's through the Benchmark, into a dbx 222 noise reduction compander unit ($40 eBay find), onto Q456 using a setup Revox B77 1/4 track @7.5ips. I was very surprised how much more "listenable" the music became. Actually, I was floored. CD's that didn't let me 'feel' the music now involve me. Go figure .... so, yes, I now mix CD's to tape.

Looking hard at a AN DAC 2.1 that may convince me otherwise wrt CD's as source material ... we'll see ....

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Topic - CD to TAPE??? - SOUR MILK MOON 18:16:04 10/27/06 (14)

Re: CD to TAPE??? - heideana 21:02:00 11/06/06 (0)

how's this for an answer? - mhardy6647 16:59:59 10/30/06 (0)

Re: CD to TAPE??? - stickwork 17:16:33 10/28/06 (1)

Re: CD to TAPE??? - SOUR MILK MOON 18:40:22 10/28/06 (0)

Re: CD to TAPE??? Yes ,,,, - tubejack 06:26:12 10/28/06 (0)

I'm curious why you don't play many factory record RTRs on your deck? - Teresa 02:37:40 10/28/06 (4)

Re: I'm curious why you don't play many factory record RTRs on your deck? - SOUR MILK MOON 09:19:46 10/28/06 (3)

I agree with that - Teresa 03:04:16 10/29/06 (2)

Three months and you're STARTING to be impatient? - Dave Pogue 09:20:18 10/29/06 (0)

Re: I agree with that - SOUR MILK MOON 07:44:53 10/29/06 (0)

No! - ironbut 18:26:07 10/27/06 (3)

RE: No! Very few tapes were real time duplicated - u47 08:12:18 10/28/06 (0)

I have a hole in my car's dashboard where my Kenwood cassette deck used to be, I don't think a RTR would fit. (;-) nt - Teresa 02:30:06 10/28/06 (1)

Re: I have a hole in my car's dashboard where my Kenwood cassette deck used to be, I don't think a RTR would fit. (;-) n - SOUR MILK MOON 18:41:06 10/28/06 (0)

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Re: CD to TAPE??? Yes ,,,, - tubejack 06:26:12 10/28/06 (0)

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