Optimum deck for cassette to digital?

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I have about 800 cassette tapes (Zappa) that I wish to convert to digital. I want to purchase a deck best suited to do this task. I am not interested in recording or dubbing, only playback for digital output. Variable pitch control would be a must also. USB?

Suggestions?
 
The best cassette deck to play those tapes back would be the one used to record them! (Since that unit's alignment is what got the signal to the tape in the first place...)

Playing those tapes in any other deck may cause it to sound different, since the new deck may not be aligned in the same way......

Then you need to get the analog outputs to a computer (or all-in-one CD-recording unit to burn CDs)...........

I don't know of any analog cassette decks with digital output......
 
Bruce is absolutely correct. However, if you don't have access to the original deck, a Nakamichi would be my first choice.
 
It'll hit ya' for almost a thousand, but it would definitely get the job done. ;)

I might pick me one up, in the future. :D
 
$875 MSRP = $500 to $600 with some sleuthing and patience...
 
That DOES look handy...... cool! I'll have to look into that myself!
 
While it looks like a neat device, for that same $800 price you could probably buy a good cassette deck & build a computer with a CDRW drive. Which would be a hell of a lot more flexable.

For what it's worth I have two JVC cassette decks that have worked quite well.
 
Im bringing this one back because I have a similar question in the COmputer recording forum. I am getting a lot of clipping when running to my soundcards line in from my Pioneer deck. I have my line in control (windows mixer) as low as it can go and I am still getting clipped.
 
Yo Enzo: Paisano! Can you bake good bread? Make Pizza? If so, send me some.

As to your post. I'll tell you what I've done with old recordings from my Tascam 8 tracker, my MD8, music for background, etc.

I record them on my Yam 2816 in 16 bit for CD reproduction.

If I want to just do tape, I can record about anything in 24 bit and run that out the back end of the unit into tape. I use a Sony ES model which is very good; Nakamichi, etc., also good units, as well as JVC's and others.

I am always amazed how good old recordings come through in 16 bit. Then, I can easily burn them to CD's. The nice thing about stuff that has been well engineered and recorded and then put into 16 bit is that all of the balancing, EQing, etc., has been done.
So, I don't need to do much engineering to burn a good CD.

Just a thought on how you might want to do this project. The other unit you posted also looks pretty good.

Green Hornet

:D :cool:
 
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