Cassette Tape Going Back into Production in the US of A!
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Brand new high quality R2R tape would be wonderful.
Interesting that cassette is also making a comeback.
I know some 20-somethings who are quite into cassettes, actually. I found them useful once upon a time, but once burning CDs became feasible that usefulness paled. I still have a decent machine when the mood does strike, though.Brand new high quality R2R tape would be wonderful.
Interesting that cassette is also making a comeback.
I am a little puzzled by the responses in this thread 
Do youse guyses have any objection to the currently-available production reel to reel tape?
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....ferent-sound-what-to-do.794839/#post-10994973
http://www.rtmtapes.com/
https://atrtape.com/
Do youse guyses have any objection to the currently-available production reel to reel tape?
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....ferent-sound-what-to-do.794839/#post-10994973
http://www.rtmtapes.com/
https://atrtape.com/
I am a little puzzled by the responses in this thread
Do youse guyses have any objection to the currently-available production reel to reel tape?
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....ferent-sound-what-to-do.794839/#post-10994973
http://www.rtmtapes.com/
https://atrtape.com/
Wasn't familiar with these sources. R2R isn't my primary source and, when I do listen, it's mostly prerecorded 7 1/2 ips stuff.
Never have been into recording records to tape.
record live music thenWasn't familiar with these sources. R2R isn't my primary source and, when I do listen, it's mostly prerecorded 7 1/2 ips stuff.
Never have been into recording records to tape.
The price seems more reasonable on the current production tapes than I realized.
Sorry for the quasi-thread-co-opting
record live music then
The price seems more reasonable on the current production tapes than I realized.
Sorry for the quasi-thread-co-opting
How is this co-opting different then all the other times?
I had a Nakamichi 681ZX that was fully restored and set up properly by one of the handful of Nakamichi gurus still left in the US of A. I had one of my better TT/Cartridge combos at the time and I was astonished how good the copies were. My Speakers Corner Ella and Louis was pretty well indistinguishable from the original.
Not at all, really -- other than it being your threadHow is this co-opting different then all the other times?
I never had anything quite as spiffy as your Nak, but I do have a Teac C3-RX (Tascam pro deck with onboard noise reduction) and made have some pretty wonderful tapes on it. The problem is that I use RTR for live recording and most of the cassettes were copies of various things either for the car or for students. Then students no longer even having means to play cassettes (getting that way with CDs sometimes) and burning a CD is just some much quicker and easier. No levels to set and it doesn't have to happen in real time, either.
The question is who is actually manufacturing the tape itself at this point and where?I am a little puzzled by the responses in this thread
Do youse guyses have any objection to the currently-available production reel to reel tape?
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....ferent-sound-what-to-do.794839/#post-10994973
http://www.rtmtapes.com/
https://atrtape.com/
pustelniakr
Silver Miner at Large
How thick is the substrate? Vintage decks don't like the super thin tapes of the time before cassettes passed from manufacture.
Enjoy,
Rich P
Enjoy,
Rich P
Cassettes were the greatest! What other media could you easily copy music that played on the radio station and create your own mix tape on the fly. I think copy protection has pushed technology in the audio and video fields.
The guys at NAC seem to know what they are doing. Their current totl Chrome is a really fine old basf tape. I doubt their own will be any worse.
I haven't got into buying any RTR tape for awhile as a few years back I got a huge stash of 10" reels of good used tape from an old radio station that was clearing out. The tape was still in good shape and came up fine after a couple of passes on the bulk eraser.
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