Save your money. Most likely these cassettes are not usable anymore. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, sorry.
Good cassette player?
I FINALLY found a box of tapes that I lost about 10 years ago. Tons of late night college radio I recorded in the early 90s.
I have no idea whats going on with cassette players. Can anyone recommend one which has a decent noise floor and good output for sampling? (XLR? Toslink?) Time to digitize these and post online :)
thanks in advance!
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Dear @clustrocasual : This one is a VERTY FINE DESIGN AND YOU CAN FIND OUT SECOND HAND PROBABLY THROUGH EBAY, page 58:
https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-Audio/80s/Audio-1984-09.pdf
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
As long as the tapes were good quality, TDK, Maxell, etc. they should play fine. If they were cheap Radio Shack or other cheap ones, all bets are off. I was always a Nak fan, and would agree that getting a used Nak would be a good idea, (since you can be sure they have been well taken care of). But you should digitalize them as soon as possible by recording direct to a PC. Lots of adapters on Amazon and other sites you can buy. |
I'm listening to a tape (Sony Super Metal Master)made 2 decades ago, Bill Evans Waltz for Debby, on my Tandberg 3014A. It still amazes me how good a lowly cassette tape can sound. I'm a Tandberg enthusiast so I'm a bit biased, but the imaging and soundstaging of Tandberg is superior to other decks I've owned in the past. |
My less expensive Nakamichi decks (250/350/550/600) did not always sound right with tapes recorded on other decks (Aiwa, Akai to name a few). The exception was my 700ZXE, but it retailed for around $2.5K in the early 80's. This is why I suggested trying the deck that they were recorded on, though a T/F service would probably make more sense (unless the OP is going to get back into cassette tape on a regular basis).
DeKay |
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