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I like them and think they are neat to watch

Pinky has an Ax to grind with the cassette format.

There are so many nice cassette decks from Japan it’s insane. Also they kept the best models for themselves. It’s going to be a long time before cassettes become extinct. I’d say another 30 years before there is trouble. Everything might be close to worn out by then

If you think I just sit here and listen to hissy tapes with phase issues, you’re wrong ? I use ceramic Sony Super Metal Master cassettes on Quartz Locked 3 Head Closed Loop Dual Capstan Sony ES decks. The sound quality has fooled many in blind tests. Thinking they were listening to MQA or FLAC...

Yup, we all have different experiences. We have our Niche and all have collective differences which can bring us together

I have luckily been able to restore 5 of my Sony ES decks which are Quartz Locked Direct Drive 3 Heads. I was fortunate enough to have bought them with little to no use.

I like the way cassettes sound. I’m not going to split hairs over it. I like music over ridiculous specs you’ll never notice ?

The vertical jumping you see between the channels is the amplitude loss. This represents +/-3 dB. No it shouldn’t be this way, but since the deck is over 30 years old it has been used so the heads are not perfect anymore. Also, this deck could use a recap. There are a few contributing factors to...

I installed muting transistors on the back of one of my TC-K890ES decks and that has significantly lowered the noise floor without the use of Dolby

Cassette decks aren’t designed to hit 44.1 kHz The best they’ll really do is 22 kHz without significant loss

When I extend the frequency out to 21 kHz you can see that the 2 channels on tape playback are slightly out of phase

I am doing a recording on the tape and I am monitoring it on the oscilloscope since they are 3 head decks. You can monitor recordings in real time. When you are seeing the solar scope with both left and right channel jumping a little bit that’s the tape. When it’s still that’s the source. It’s a...

Bare in mind those videos are with a head that’s not completely new. So a head in pristine condition would do much better

Here is some frequency response videos for different cassettes on this Sony TC-K555esG. This deck is 33 years old so take that into consideration. Also the heads have some wear on them. Not terrible, but not new. Still does a good job Check the bottom left side of the Oscilloscope screen to...

Your opinion is that it’s a means to an end. Maybe for the single customer who Wants to extract information. But to me as the owner/operator I have many customers, often times returning with another deck for restoration. Others are a one time deal. The emails are too much to keep track of...

I’m good over here

I think digital is more accurate, yes. But analog sounds nicer

Don’t worry, Pinky. I can see your posts. I have no issues with you. This isn’t a precious topic. Just contribute. And if you are going to be funny, then write something funny. Yes the cassette format is flawed. But trying to perfect it is my pursuit. I know it won’t be 100%. The oscilloscope...

DAT was a short lived format but had a lot of potential. I had a few DAT decks before and yes they do run like a VCR with the helical scan. I had a Sony DTC-1500ES and a DTC-690 DAT when working properly would blow away any cassette deck, unfortunately

Hello Yes that Sony can be repaired. I’m pretty sure the model you are referring to is the TC-K611S, as I don’t recall them making a 116S. If it’s the 611S then I’m familiar. It runs a TCM-200 mechanism. Those have the automatic open/close door function. It’s a good 3 head deck, but can...