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In Reply to: Sell your Dragon and buy an Alesis ML-9600 Masterlink. You'll never miss the Dragon.... posted by John Elison on April 14, 2007 at 07:57:20:
HI John,
Sorry, that is not an option. Obviously you have not owned a Dragon. If you had you would not suggest that option.But, thanks for the thought. I will look into the Alesis though.
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Actually, I did own two Dragons and I know them inside and out. They are perhaps the best cassette tape decks in the world. However, cassette tape with it's super narrow tracks traveling at only 1-7/8 ips doesn't compare in any way, shape, or form to high-resolution digital. Furthermore, the cost of maintaining and operating a Dragon far exceeds that of a digital recorder. You'll understand what I'm talking about once you begin making digital copies of your vinyl. I doubt seriously you'll ever want to listen to a cassette tape again.
HI John,
I appreciate your concern. If you check my profile you will see that I'm no neophite to the audio game. My system is excellent. It is fully capable of disginguishing the differences between CD's (Redbook) and inferior tapes and tape copies.I can tell you that the Dragon is capable of making copies of MOST CD's that are indistinguishable from the original. This assumes a properly set up deck and Dolby C and metal tape. What the tape ultimately lacks is the dynamic range of CD's. But most CD's don't come close to using their full dynamic range capability for various reasons. With that exception, the tape copies of LP's, which have less dynamic range than the Dragon, are great. Tape copies of CD's are outstanding. I think you are exagerating the differences.
I believe your statements are honestly given but I strongly disagree. By the way I have owned and operated two high end audio repair shops so I do know what I am talking about.
But, the subject of this thread is not about Dragon's.
i never miss mine. The thing that was annoying about the Nak's was that the azimuth adjusting meant a lot of tapes made on the nak only sounded good on the nak.
Probably the record head was out of alignment. Automatic azimuth adjustment on the Dragon operates on the playback head only.I've heard the statement many times that tapes made on the nak only sounded good on the nak but I never encountered that situation. Everyone to whom I gave tapes were amazed at how great they sounded and they always sounded great in other cassette decks that I owned, too. Of course, I kept my two Dragons in tip-top alignment including adjusting the phase comparator for the automatic playback head alignment mechanism.
There's no doubt in my mind that the Dragon is perhaps the best cassette tape deck ever produced other than the ZX1000. However, the cassette format does not compare to high-speed reel-to-reel and it does not compare to digital, either.
yeah , but i encountered it a lot even in recording studios where they are supposed to keep their gear going. That;s what i hated about cassettes, the spped makes aligment really important and speed stability sucks.
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