Cassette Tapes

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marctwo

3,666 posts

259 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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I now own 2 of these...


qube_TA

8,402 posts

244 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Why own one?


marctwo

3,666 posts

259 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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qube_TA said:
Why own one?
To play my DCC tapes on?

Funk

26,254 posts

208 months

Wednesday 25th September 2013
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marctwo said:
qube_TA said:
Why own one?
To play my DCC tapes on?
And he has to to have two otherwise his username wouldn't make sense.

WD39

20,083 posts

115 months

Friday 29th August 2014
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NDA said:
qube_TA said:
I wonder how good these sound now, were very desirable back in t' day:




yikeshttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nakamichi-Dragon-Cassett...

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That brings back memories..... Moist ones.

I think of the HOURS spent compiling cassettes! I used TDK SAC90's, had hundreds of them.....

If (those of a certain age) look back, pre digital.... It was quite hard work!
I bought my first cassette player/recorder in Japan in 1966 when I was a boy rating in the merchant navy.I quickly realised that it would be perfect for creating mixes of my favourite tracks and miss out those sad filler songs on all albums.
Initially I recorded with the mic pressed up against the speaker of my record player and the results were sometimes dire.
I still compile mix tapes to this day, with a bit more sophistication I hope.
When I changed my car recently I had the CD player removed and a radio cassette player installed, Bliss!
I have a different theme for each tape mix or maybe a complete c120 of the hottest recent tracks.
I have mixes with classic comedy, classical music selections and techno DJ mixes. Something for every journey.
Sadly, c120 tapes are becoming rare, so the price is accelerating, two for £19.99 on Amazon today.But I shall keep on mixing as long as I can keep a steady finger on the 'pause' button, the most important tool in the mixers box.

wormus

14,509 posts

202 months

Friday 29th August 2014
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castex said:
Ah yes, the fabulous MAX-G90. I used to save up for these and positively sniffed at SA's. Yes I know, I was a proper little saddo.

Mark34bn said:
True Audiophiles used these, that's what I told myself every time I handed over £5+ for one!
I only ever owned one MAX-G but have a carrier bag full of old Thats MRX cassettes. I played one the other day and after 20 odd years still sounds as good as CD.

Recorded everything in Dolby-S if possible just because my tape deck supported it.

I used to laugh at cretins who bought TDK D-90s. Hateful things.




Edited by wormus on Friday 29th August 21:17

legzr1

3,843 posts

138 months

Saturday 30th August 2014
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marctwo said:
I now own 2 of these...

Still got one of these:



A few years ago Richer Sounds were selling off boxes of Panasonic D60 and D90 tapes for them so I bought 50!
Still got around 48 sealed......oops!

miniman

24,827 posts

261 months

Saturday 30th August 2014
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mcflurry

9,079 posts

252 months

Sunday 31st August 2014
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WD39 said:
Sadly, c120 tapes are becoming rare, so the price is accelerating, two for £19.99 on Amazon today.But I shall keep on mixing as long as I can keep a steady finger on the 'pause' button, the most important tool in the mixers box.
Here's 20 of them for a lot less wink

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/C120-Blank-Audio-cassett...


irocfan

40,152 posts

189 months

Sunday 31st August 2014
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miniman said:
I suspect that there'd be no music playing done as I'd be playing with it all day long!!

WD39

20,083 posts

115 months

Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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mcflurry said:
WD39 said:
Sadly, c120 tapes are becoming rare, so the price is accelerating, two for £19.99 on Amazon today.But I shall keep on mixing as long as I can keep a steady finger on the 'pause' button, the most important tool in the mixers box.
Here's 20 of them for a lot less wink

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/C120-Blank-Audio-cassett...
Thank you mcflurry, I will order very soon.

Mouse1903

839 posts

152 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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As a kid I used to tape all of my Dad's CD's and vinyl's

Evangelion

7,639 posts

177 months

Thursday 4th September 2014
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[quote=wormus]
... I used to laugh at cretins who bought TDK D-90s. Hateful things.
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Why, pray tell? I always found them OK - a good 'standard' cassette.

Does anyone remember that TDK used to do a C-180? Pick them carefully, and you could get TWO albums on EACH side! I never had any.

wormus

14,509 posts

202 months

Thursday 4th September 2014
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Evangelion said:
wormus said:
... I used to laugh at cretins who bought TDK D-90s. Hateful things.
Why, pray tell? I always found them OK - a good 'standard' cassette.

Does anyone remember that TDK used to do a C-180? Pick them carefully, and you could get TWO albums on EACH side! I never had any.
No they weren't that bad but in the 80's Chrome was good and Metal was better! I recorded and edited the Annie Nightingale show every Sunday using a Technics double tape deck. It used to have a slow mode so you could fit twice as much music on one cassette! Recording stuff and creating mix tapes of house music kept me entertained for most of of my formative years.


WD39

20,083 posts

115 months

Sunday 14th September 2014
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WD39 said:
NDA said:
qube_TA said:
I wonder how good these sound now, were very desirable back in t' day:




yikeshttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nakamichi-Dragon-Cassett...

]
That brings back memories..... Moist ones.

I think of the HOURS spent compiling cassettes! I used TDK SAC90's, had hundreds of them.....

If (those of a certain age) look back, pre digital.... It was quite hard work!
I bought my first cassette player/recorder in Japan in 1966 when I was a boy rating in the merchant navy.I quickly realised that it would be perfect for creating mixes of my favourite tracks and miss out those sad filler songs on all albums.
Initially I recorded with the mic pressed up against the speaker of my record player and the results were sometimes dire.
I still compile mix tapes to this day, with a bit more sophistication I hope.
When I changed my car recently I had the CD player removed and a radio cassette player installed, Bliss!
I have a different theme for each tape mix or maybe a complete c120 of the hottest recent tracks.
I have mixes with classic comedy, classical music selections and techno DJ mixes. Something for every journey.
Sadly, c120 tapes are becoming rare, so the price is accelerating, two for £19.99 on Amazon today.But I shall keep on mixing as long as I can keep a steady finger on the 'pause' button, the most important tool in the mixers box.
OK PHers, just completed my latest c120 mix tape as follows:side one...tracks from...Coverdale Page...Editors...Lonnie Donegan...Pearl Jam...Tom Petty and the...Royal Blood...Bob
Dylan. Side two...Eight tracks from Pink Floyd...eight tracks fron The Shadows. I would suggest a true mix of music perfect for any journey. Agree?

Evangelion

7,639 posts

177 months

Monday 15th September 2014
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I had LOADS of C120 mix tapes. Every time someone lent me some singles to listen to, I'd copy the ones I liked, or if it was albums I'd pick out tracks. Same if I hired an album from the cassette library (particularly if it was a compilation). Or if I had an album that had been copied onto cassette that I no longer wanted and was about to erase, but still liked one or two tracks from it, they'd end up on a mix tape. And o course most of my own singles collection went on also.

I started my first one in 1975 when I worked in a hi-fi shop that had a record rack full of compilation albums, and by the time I'd finished the last one in about 1991 or 2, there were 17 or 18 of them. I still listen to them occasionally, except one which I lent to someone I lost touch with.

Liz, if you're reading this, can I have Volume 3 back please?

JVaughan

6,025 posts

282 months

Monday 15th September 2014
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I have a box of TDK - SA's and TDK - MA tapes, some still in their wrappers, others with recordings I made 20 plus years ago.
I have a few TDK-MA-X G's .. with the dicast chassis too, but not all cassette players will play them as the spools are quite stiff.

in actual fact, I have only just removed the 20 year old tape deck in the TVR in favour of solid state media.