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25th Jul 2021, 8:52 am | #1 |
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Tape less Cassette Deck Project
http://www.mp3tapelessdeck.pl/sony-t...l#.YP0XgehKi1u
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25th Jul 2021, 8:15 pm | #2 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
Well that is certainly different.
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25th Jul 2021, 9:26 pm | #3 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
Fun, but what a waste of a particularly nice machine.
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25th Jul 2021, 9:57 pm | #4 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
What next, a diskless record player with rotating LP simulation?
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25th Jul 2021, 11:27 pm | #5 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
And mp3 sounds worse than a decent cassette...
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26th Jul 2021, 9:20 am | #6 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
It's not something I would be interested in buying but you have to admire the ingenuity and idea. It could be a niche item and I give the guy credit for coming up with the idea. It's novel and original and way beyond anything I could achieve. So it's a simulation. It's no worse than other simulations I've seen like an simulated analogue clock where you touch the screen to 'grab' the minute hand to set the time.....
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26th Jul 2021, 12:03 pm | #7 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
Many thanks for the replies folks-yes totally agree with the waste of a machine,but i guess if you had one with a BER deck then its an option.Sound quality wise yes still a bit of a tape head myself but great idea and concept limited market but nicley done.
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26th Jul 2021, 1:00 pm | #8 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
I think it's great and I wonder if they could make a cassette/ cartridge that could be slotted in to an unmodified deck to do a similar thing?
I agree that I would sooner have a working cassette deck, but I'd like to own one of these if it was made using a deck that was mechanically past it.
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26th Jul 2021, 1:23 pm | #9 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
For me it "falls between two stools". It's neither one thing nor the other. It's not designed from the ground up for practical listening or recording.
Back in the day millions used cassettes because they were useful for recording and listening to music, talks etc. They were just tools, a means to an end. To me this is the sort of thing you would buy for "the person who already has everything else". A novelty, a talking point for a few seconds. A "first world problem" perhaps. Some will buy them and then I guess they will eventually become collectable. |
26th Jul 2021, 2:53 pm | #10 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
I like the way they've successfully simulated the 'machine with a juddering take-up clutch' problem...
It's a lot better than those so-called upcyclers who would turn it into a table lamp or a cat basket though. It'll never sell to the sort of people who want this sort of thing - it's far too cheap!! |
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26th Jul 2021, 4:28 pm | #14 |
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Yeap years ago I was the proud owner of a Nakamichi Dragon and to be honest that made most tapes look daft it was that brilliant peice of kitGet it right on the recodings and would leave everything else standing in its hey day and still commends a worthy audience even these days.Ive had many high end decks over the years but the Nak was my Fave
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26th Jul 2021, 7:12 pm | #15 |
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I just don't see the point: IMHO "Wolfgang" on Rowan&Martin's Laugh-In summed this thing up beautifully.
https://youtu.be/ia2tHDNGfT8 "Vairy Interestink.... but Stoopid!!" |
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"Recreating the cassette experience" is something I'm happy to avoid, along with nylon sheets [anyone remember Brentford Nylons?], Birds Instant Whip and revising for Mock-A-levels by candlelight because there was a pit-strike. |
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26th Jul 2021, 10:47 pm | #17 |
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Re: Tape less Cassette Deck Project
Some people act as if the sound reproduced by a cult-supported turntable/arm/cartridge/amplifier is better than the original, so maybe tape decks shouldn't miss out on the action. Equipment which doesn't alter the sound in the pundit-approved way is dismissed as 'sterile' so the original performance must have been lacking.
I did try looking it up in my Funk & Wagnalls. David
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26th Jul 2021, 11:00 pm | #18 |
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Link between posts #15 and #17 I think is very funny. I loved the programme.Best regards to all. Peter.
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