[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] After vinyl, it's cassettes

[Julf]

I think we saw it coming. I am glad it is all about audio quality....

'Cassettes roll back into fashion: Format follows vinyl with huge boost
in sales after acts start releasing albums on tape'
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3457561/Cassettes-role-fashion-Format-follows-vinyl-huge-boost-sales-acts-start-releasing-albums-tape.html)



"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
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edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
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[Jeff07971]

Post by Julf
I think we saw it coming. I am glad it is all about audio quality....
'Cassettes roll back into fashion: Format follows vinyl with huge boost
in sales after acts start releasing albums on tape'
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3457561/Cassettes-role-fashion-Format-follows-vinyl-huge-boost-sales-acts-start-releasing-albums-tape.html)

Good maybe I'll be able to sell my Nakamichi now !



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[Julf]

Post by Jeff07971
Good maybe I'll be able to sell my Nakamichi now !

Not sure - I think the hipster crowd are more into walkmans and
ghettoblasters...



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edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
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[bpa]

Post by Julf
Not sure - I think the hipster crowd are more into walkmans and
ghettoblasters...

They obviously haven't seen the RX-505 - lotso of knobs button controls
and a autoreverse mechanism which flipped the cassette.


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[Julf]

Post by bpa
They obviously haven't seen the RX-505 - lotso of knobs button controls
and a autoreverse mechanism which flipped the cassette.

But no brass or imitation wood...



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[bpa]

Post by Julf
But no brass or imitation wood...

No but loads of electronics, plexiglass, motors, and belts - just sooooo
much to go wrong --- check out from 0:55 onward

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[SlimChances]

next....


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[bpa]

Post by SlimChances
next....

or even Open Reel cassette - for those who couldn't make up their minds.


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[Julf]

Check out the Elcaset for those where size matters.

Don't remind me - still angry at myself for getting rid of my Elcaset
deck and 25 cassettes...



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[ralphpnj]

Old tech never dies, it just gets reborn as the next cool thing for
hipsters.



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[arnyk]

Post by ralphpnj
Old tech never dies, it just gets reborn as the next cool thing for
hipsters.

I see that presumably NOS compact cassette audio tapes are selling on
eBay for something like their historic prices.

I guess that the usual suspects need to start writing impassioned pseudo
technical articles about the purported SQ advantages of compact
cassettes.


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[toby10]

Cassettes will never catch on as this would mean giving up their in-dash
phone dock....


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[induna]

Ohh, ohh, and I want to be the first one to market with quantum-aligning
head cleaner spray. You won't believe the increase in air and pace, and
everything!! Just $59.99 for the V grade spray, that aligns only
vertical quanta to increase depth of field and imaging accuracy. $79.99
for the VH grade, that also aligns the horizontal quanta for a more
emotionally involving presentation. And $109.99 for VHD grade that which
also controls those potentially damaging diagonal quanta that lead to
listener fatigue and those annoying thoughts that maybe you should be
doing something else with your time and money....

Reviewers: please contact me for samples and suggested review
topics/conclusions.


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[ralphpnj]

Post by induna
Reviewers: please contact me for samples and suggested review
topics/conclusions.

What about dinner reservations?

Remember the better the steak and the wine - the better the review :)

Plus the inside back or front cover of the next issue is still available
- remember the bigger the advertisement the better the review :)



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[induna]

Post by ralphpnj
What about dinner reservations?
Remember the better the steak and the wine - the better the review :)
Plus the inside back or front cover of the next issue is still available
- remember the bigger the advertisement the better the review :)

My problem has always been that I am easily confused when it comes to
who is supposed to 'service' whom...but jewelry and/or fine watches are
always nice!


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[banned for life]

I have a Sony ES deck that could make a cassette that was just about as
good as the source CD.

It served great purpose while Avis caught up with technology..

B4L


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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bic-Crystal-Ballpoint-Medium-Point/dp/B000JTOYLS



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[bonze]

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bic-Crystal-Ballpoint-Medium-Point/dp/B000JTOYLS

surely you'd want the green ones?



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[Jeff07971]

Post by bpa
No but loads of electronics, plexiglass, motors, and belts - just sooooo
much to go wrong --- check out from 0:55 onward
http://youtu.be/1paWPuYTupI

But sound quality isn't affected by gravitational waves !



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[ralphpnj]

Post by Julf
I think we saw it coming. I am glad it is all about audio quality....
'Cassettes roll back into fashion: Format follows vinyl with huge boost
in sales after acts start releasing albums on tape'
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3457561/Cassettes-role-fashion-Format-follows-vinyl-huge-boost-sales-acts-start-releasing-albums-tape.html)

By the way this is not a joke:

https://moontown.bandcamp.com/album/the-first-baboon-civilization

The cassette is available for $5 AUD



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[Archimago]

Seriously, let's dispense with the cassette, 8-track, elcaset, TEAC
"open reel", PlayTape, RCA Sound Tape, Dictabelt, etc... foreplay.

What the -serious -retro audiophile needs is some Edison Wax Cylinder
ecstasy:
20027

Featuring infinite resolution (it is analogue after all!), you can't go
wrong! Just watch out for the mold though...

http://www.cylinder.de/guide_brown-wax-cylinders.html


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[ralphpnj]

Post by Archimago
Seriously, let's dispense with the cassette, 8-track, elcaset, TEAC
"open reel", PlayTape, RCA Sound Tape, Dictabelt, etc... foreplay.
What the -serious -retro audiophile needs is some Edison Wax Cylinder
ecstasy

Are you kidding? Let's get really, really real:


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[tcutting]

Sorry - can't get behind this - it looks "digital" to me ;-)


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[ralphpnj]

Post by tcutting
Sorry - can't get behind this - it looks "digital" to me ;-)

Damn! Busted. You guys are just too sharp.



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