Cassette Decks are Technology:

If I record a hi-res lossless file into a metal tape while using Dolby NR S+HX Pro, will the cassette sound as good as a CD?

>>62177683
It doesn't matter. You'll be too busy stroking your genitals and turning those dials while they silently "click" into each notch of tactile perfection.

>>62177683
no

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Portable myaster race.

>>62176322

Sony TC-K717ES

>>62177753

Nice. might need a re-cap though. the e-caps in those are notorious for leaking

Hey OP, can you explain to me your thought process behind investing a lot of money into a receiver for old lofi technology?

I get the nostalgic aspect, but if its nostalgic you want, why don't you just play lofi mp3s on a hifi system instead of getting a shitty lofi system?

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>>62177795
Not OP but I've recently started using minidisc again just because the modern day technology is kind of boring and I know minidisc is inferior in every way to my smartphone but I kinda like the idea of swapping minidiscs and that kind of stuff, it might come down to pure stupidity but I enjoy it

Buy a spotify membership

>>62178415
At least modern music is still released via cassette. Minidisci just retro wankery.

>>62178415
In that case you could get a bunch of mini-SD cards and purposely get small ones so they can only hold 500 songs or so. ah who am I kidding, thats not the same.

Not gonna lie, I liked having a CD case and being able to flip through the CDs and see the album art and shit. And all the CD jewel cases would be sorted in a bookshelf and all that jazz... but DESU its a big fuckin pain in the ass to maintain and its not practical for a large library. CDs scratch, skip and break; casettes unwind and degrade, etc.

If its all just for pretend then thats okay I guess

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>>62178462
Minidisc was never meant to get releases it was marketed as a portable and convenient way to have your CDs in a more portable format that's the reason the first minidiscs were 74 minute, so you could fit a whole CD in one minidisc
>>62178486
I'm actually gonna star labelling my minidiscs, I mostly listen to doujin music so I think it would be double cool to have them properly labelled

>>62178514
>Minidisc was never meant to get releases it was marketed as a portable and convenient way to have your CDs in a more portable format that's the reason the first minidiscs were 74 minute, so you could fit a whole CD in one minidisc

I know, but this still makes it pointless, as you can already transfer your digital files to a DAP instead of an MD player.

It's like a less convenient piracy machine.

>he thinks America is a country

Heh

>>62177717
This but inironically.
Listening to music outside quality is low anyway because either you wear isolating headphones and are oblivious to your surrounding, you wear leaking headphones and can't notice subtle quality over invading noise or wear leaking headphones and damage your hearing with high volume. Middle option for me.
Quality not being a concern past a basic point, hardware ergonomy is a plus.

>>62176322
Either should do. But try before you buy: tape decks often have plastic cogs and rubber belts in their mechanism that don't age well and can be a pain in the ass to replace.

>>62177683
Not as good but close enough for practical purposes.
Even a chrome tape with dolby C+HXPro is very decent actually.

>>62178415
md's are comfy af

>>62178736
ok, now rewrite that post in english please

were* stop posting

I've always wondered what is the frequency range of vinyl.
Some retards at headfi are saying is infinite, some are saying the limit is around 80khz.

>>62182003
It's lower than CD, don't listen to the autism at head-fi.

>>62177683
no, it will sound worse due to the limitations of tape. in this case, "worse" means "less like the original master."

people release modern music on tape because one can get them for dirt cheap. cheaper than vinyl and CD. if the artist is planning on including a lossless digital download code with each physical copy anyway, what's the point in spending the cash on a physical format that's more expensive when only turbonerds will be able to play the physical copy anyway? might as well take the cheapest route you can while maintaining that physical connection with your fans.

>>62176322
>[ ]Sony ES
>[X]Not Sony ES
Into the trash it goes

>>62182223
no one should ever pay attention to head-fi. those people are insane.

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>>62182396
So which one? Nakamichi Dragon?

>>62182504
That's one beautiful machine.

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>>62177753
Same senpai

>>62176322
Hey, where are you going to get your cassette deck from anyways?
I've been looking into it as well, recently bought a Walkman.
Also, where to buy metal tapes?

>>62182504
It is alright, but only alright.

>>62182668
>Where are you going to get your cassette deck from anyways?
Ebay, just check the reputation of the seller first.
>Also, where to buy metal tapes?
Ebay, there are also sites like https://tapeline.info

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Cassettes are the new vinyl

>>62182668
I would buy new type 2 blanks then NOS type 4 tapes

>>62183370
Agreed.

>Sony TC-K909ES
>FR: 15-22.000Hz (metal)
Pretty nice.

Did people really use these 10 years ago?

>>62184567
I still do.

>>62182504
Nakamichi Dragon in default configuration is the best deck on the planet, so yes.

You can almost enjoy the clickless DsotM MoFi release with it.

>>62178964
This, you can get a pretty good nr-c tape deck for like $60 and band new high quality chrome tapes for $1.40ea from national audio company

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Got this onkyo for free off Craigslist last weekend. Everything works fine and the backlight is still bright, only problem was it was a yuro plug which was fine so nice I have adaptors.

>>62177777

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>>62178415
i dig you, a few months ago when i went to visit my mother i got robbed, so i lost my phone and ipod, and between my old things i found my old sony discman, and my old cd colection, and like you said it was kind of fun carrying that thing around and swapping between discs, i also found an old nokia, that worked just like the day i left it, and fuck... i miss fucking non touch technology...

pic related, ugly af but gooood shiit

>>62185428
>>62185459
Very nice anon, did you clean the heads with isopropyl alcohol?

>>62185428
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSHP_pxEXic

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i own this one and refurbished it after almost 25 years. works like new now, really great sound!

>>62176322
You should kill yourself

>>62178415
>mfw i'm using my sony mz-r70 for almost 17 years now and got a sony mds-j510 for cheap a few months ago
i'm still amazed how great they sound compared to most mp3 and other formats.

>>62186510
Why so mad anon?

>>62186690
You let /hpg/ in

>>62187339
It's related.

>>62176322
No

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notice me....

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>>62188717
>portable

>>62176322
717ES
>>62177683
Yes, Dolby S reached pretty close to
a Redbook CD dynamic range, and metal tape on a high end deck with HX Pro reached past CD's frequency range
Wow&flutter would be imperceptible on such high end deck
>>62178462
That's literally what he said he was doing
>>62182003
There's plenty of cartridges that were rated into the 50 kHz range, and the quadrophonic vinyls used the 20-40 kHz range to store the other two channels and it worked (at least when the disc hadn't been played more than a dozen times)
Even then, there's basically nothing worth past 20 kHz, the surface noise would bury anything there anyways, and really few releases were made with such high quality vinyl
>>62182504
For playback and retro wankery yes, otherwise get the other top tier Nak (ie. if for some reason you want to record tapes to play on other well adjusted decks)
But Sony it's still really nice and quite aesthetic

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I have an old sharp stereo 8 record deck and a ROLECOR solid state fm stereo receiver.

How much do you think theyre worth?????

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>>62190069
Heres the ROLECOR receiver

>>62190069
Not sure bro, haven't swallowed the 8track pill so not sure what people are willing to pay as I haven't looked

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>>62177753
*teleports behind you*

>>62191634
This and the other nice Sony players (DC, DD series) are nice but I didn't want to spend that much. I think for the money, higher end Aiwa players are the best.

>>62176322
ES obviously

Some decks have 4 heads,for is the 4th head for exactly?

>>62192525
*for what

>>62192525
extra erase head on auto reversing decks

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>>62176322
Always go ES.

>>62195354
Are there ES CD players?