Analog playback on computer is a perversion if you have analog system standing near. @chakster. Aw! come on really.
Why do people go on the defensive when someone has the audacity to say they enjoy listening to difital copies of analogue media. I too used to use cassette tapes of my vinyl records and I did them with a Nakamichi 582 and in the day it was no slouch. I came across some last year and went over to my friend's house and put some of them on his Nakamichi Dragon. Frankly the sound from them was just laughable and these were metal Maxel tapes that were individually calibrated on my Nak to give the best conditions available to record onto. When we played them on his dragon we looked at each other in sheer horror, There was very little treble to speak of and lots of tape hiss ( and that was With Dolby B in circuit ). There was also print through giving pre echo ( remember that little revelation ) and the bass was muddy and had a lack of detail. All in all it was an unmitigated disaster so you can guess where those tapes went , yes the trash. Now you may think that It was taped on an old Garrard SP 25 by what i have been saying but it was state of the art for 70's Brittain at the time. Linn Sondeck with upgraded power supplies and other mods that I don't fully recollect at the moment, a Sirynx PU 2 tonearm and a Dynavector Ruby Karat cartridge. Of course now people will probably laugh at that level of equiptment but in my day it meant a very serious investment. All I can say now is I am glad I junked all my analogue stuff in the nineties and went down the digital road. I now do a lot of my listening by streaming now and apart from the convenience of not getting up to change siides I am now getting a dynamic range that is totally believable and treble quallity that is divine. I use a computer to do this listening with and it is brimming with software from Mark Porzilli ( he of The Memory Player fame ) . The music comming from it I wouldn't swap for even a very high end analogue rig of today. If anyone is interested in really doing a high end remake of their music computer phone Laufer Teknic and speak to Sam I am really glad I did. Oh and just to let you know also it is just as good as my Gryphon Mikado Signature CD player which now sits from one week to the next without spinning a disk.
Why do people go on the defensive when someone has the audacity to say they enjoy listening to difital copies of analogue media. I too used to use cassette tapes of my vinyl records and I did them with a Nakamichi 582 and in the day it was no slouch. I came across some last year and went over to my friend's house and put some of them on his Nakamichi Dragon. Frankly the sound from them was just laughable and these were metal Maxel tapes that were individually calibrated on my Nak to give the best conditions available to record onto. When we played them on his dragon we looked at each other in sheer horror, There was very little treble to speak of and lots of tape hiss ( and that was With Dolby B in circuit ). There was also print through giving pre echo ( remember that little revelation ) and the bass was muddy and had a lack of detail. All in all it was an unmitigated disaster so you can guess where those tapes went , yes the trash. Now you may think that It was taped on an old Garrard SP 25 by what i have been saying but it was state of the art for 70's Brittain at the time. Linn Sondeck with upgraded power supplies and other mods that I don't fully recollect at the moment, a Sirynx PU 2 tonearm and a Dynavector Ruby Karat cartridge. Of course now people will probably laugh at that level of equiptment but in my day it meant a very serious investment. All I can say now is I am glad I junked all my analogue stuff in the nineties and went down the digital road. I now do a lot of my listening by streaming now and apart from the convenience of not getting up to change siides I am now getting a dynamic range that is totally believable and treble quallity that is divine. I use a computer to do this listening with and it is brimming with software from Mark Porzilli ( he of The Memory Player fame ) . The music comming from it I wouldn't swap for even a very high end analogue rig of today. If anyone is interested in really doing a high end remake of their music computer phone Laufer Teknic and speak to Sam I am really glad I did. Oh and just to let you know also it is just as good as my Gryphon Mikado Signature CD player which now sits from one week to the next without spinning a disk.