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Old 1st Dec 2019, 6:21 pm   #10
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Default Re: Nakamichi bliss!

There tends to be an audible 'crushing' effect with cassette recordings that you don't get with R2R, though there is a lot of variation between different tape stocks even on the same machine. I assume it's a combination of slow tape speed, thin oxide coating and narrow track width.
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