WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era?

pretty sure you meant.

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mhztweaker,

"I have collected many tape decks and learned to perform repairs and restoration on them using the tools of the trade."

I tried too, but as Clint Eastwood once said, 'A man's got to know his limitations.'

Mine fell short at replacing drive belts.

I did not have too much trouble replacing belts tbh.
I did always wonder what to do with the tub of leftover screws,nuts and bolts though..........

I was living La Vida Loca in Dade county in the mid 70s- mid 80s; sex, drugs and rock n roll. I woke up from a sex stoned night too many times with expensive needles (Fidelity Research, I think) scratching against the inner grooves. I had little choice but to record on cassette to save my records, cartridges, and styluses

Also, dade county was, and still is, one of the very worst areas for musical radio programming choices

I used vinyl to Tandberg 3041x rtr. They sounded indistinguishable from the source at only 3.75 ips. Compilation tapes were a time consuming affair. Worth it back then, but the challenge of not cutting off a song in the beginning of the track was always a challenge. I then moved on to DAT. Cassettes were only good enough for the car.