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Originally Posted by knobtwiddler
The very last cassette decks made in the late 90s had Dolby S - taking the humble format's SNR up from around 60dB (on a healthy deck / tape) to 80dB. S was the consumer version of SR, which rivalled 16-bit digital in dynamic range (from memory, I think SR on a 1/2" reel machine could manage 90dB SNR).
Considering SR encoder / decoder modules are relatively affordable these days, what would stop you from using one on a decent cassette deck? I'm looking at upgrading my current deck for the purpose of recording vinyl...
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Dolby was an evil necessity. Even then many people who only wanted to listen to the music became frustrated with the complexities of Dolby and Dolby mistracking on cassette. These days most recorded music lovers seem to use some sort of digital listening system.