I'm still jonesing for one of those rack mount Pioneer reel to reel decks. 707 or 909 ??
Just think they're cool, and people that have owned or own them really seem to like 'em.
I'm still jonesing for one of those rack mount Pioneer reel to reel decks. 707 or 909 ??
Just think they're cool, and people that have owned or own them really seem to like 'em.
I don't have to experiment, I lived through the cassette era. Note that he says "cassettes can sound good". That's true. With good gear and good habits you could get good sound. The problem isn't how good they could get but how easily it all went bad.
To what are you specifically referring when you say "it all went bad?"
When a CD or DVD player stops working it doesn't wreck the disc (though getting them stuck in a drawer that won't open can be a pain). When a cassette deck has problems it can kill the tape. Heck, all you have to do is leave your tapes next to a big speaker and they start to fade.
Cool, I've never seen that recorder before.
That's true (about a CD player not killing the CD), but again, I never had a tape deck quit on me.
Many (if not most) LPs made after 1983 are digital mastered from analog master tape (not talking about later digital studio masters).
Telefunken-Decca (Teldec) & Georg Neumann - Digital Metal Mastering (DMM).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_metal_mastering
Concerning cassettes and open reel tapes - who knows what was used. You can be sure about analog copy only in case you are yourself making it direct from master tape or fully analog LP.
VERY Intresting.
So it seems like the method of playing the music ("analog method") is much more appealing to people rather then the question if its "true" analog or not.
Cheers guys for an intresting thread
VERY Intresting.
So it seems like the method of playing the music ("analog method") is much more appealing to people rather then the question if its "true" analog or not.
Cheers guys for an intresting thread
Years ago, I bought a farm in Michigan and the owners had left an old 1960's am/fm/phono stereo console that didn't work. Well every other week, I'd move a load of equipment up from Alabama, and stay the weekend. One time, I brought up all my albums and fiddled with that console....
I don't think I have ever enjoyed "Machine Head " so much as on that snowy day... the quality was awful, but the experience was awesome!!!
Agreed. It was convenient. That was basically all it had to offer. Only convenient game in town.One frequent critcism of digital is that it's "too perfect". Well, perhaps producing your master with some or all digital in the chain could still give a more pleasing sound when distributed on vinyl.
(For the record, I discount cassettes on this. I've never heard anything pleasing in the cassette sound. They were convenient, allowing you to take you music in your car or when simply out and about with a Walkman--but quality was often poor and never more than adequate.)