I think Barry's just 'avin a giraffe.
Piat d'Or, Mateus Rose, Concorde, Hirondelle ... the choice is endless.
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I think Barry's just 'avin a giraffe.
Piat d'Or, Mateus Rose, Concorde, Hirondelle ... the choice is endless.
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I'm john.
Gettin back on audio...
I got a sharp tape player in a bunch of stuff they were dumping from the local auction house.. Still had a handfull of tapes kicking around so i put on Queen to see if it works...
Cant belive how much I liked the sound.....But it does make sence, I was born in 1976.. all my own music from about 85-86 up to well into the late 1990s was tape based, most of the weight in my collage bags were tapes, batterys and a walkman
So maybe I have a learned biased preferance to that kind of sound?
Is there a cognative programing effect that leads to a certain preferance of sound? One for the phillosophers that one.
I have managed to pick of a few unopened blank tapes recently, going to record some Flac thought my Musical fidelity Dac into the tape deck, just to see what it sounds like.
Interesting journey this audio malarkey.... John.
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Ive got a short list of a few Cassette decks i would like to try out but to say that people think Cassette decks are crap they seem to be selling & selling at high prices
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There was zero interest when I put some nice cassette decks up for sale here a couple of weeks ago... They were only there for about a day though.Originally Posted by Virtual-Symmetry
Ive got a short list of a few Cassette decks i would like to try out but to say that people think Cassette decks are crap they seem to be selling & selling at high prices
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ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
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People have this 'It must be a 3 Head cassette deck or nothing' firmly grafted into their brains for some reason. I have heard & owned a lot of fine sounding 2 Headers but o no they wont have it, i often wonder if these people even listern to them!!
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2 of em were 3 head. Tandberg TCD-440A x 2.....
Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)
Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
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You still got the Tandbergs?
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
I was being sarcastic; maybe I should have added "not" or aYou do realise that it's not a genuine wine, from a single vineyard, and so you're just emptying part of the Euro 'wine lake' down your gob? If you're serious, I'm surprised at you - life's too short to drink bad wine!
Marco.. It's a blend cobbled together by a marketing focus group to produce something that will sell cheaply, but is wanting in the taste department. Just like 'Golden Delicious' apples - nice uniform, 'attractive' looking apples, that have no taste to them.
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Not if you eat them in France, almost direct from the tree!
The quality of the majority of fruit in this country, bought from supermarkets, is abysmal....
I had a feeling you were being sarcastic, but it was worth pointing out anyway for the uninitiated amongst us
Marco.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
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CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
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I'm Grant.
Never saw them ... I gave oneaway the other week... Too much hassle trying to sell most decks now
Ive never had a 3 head one...2 head is enough.. Double capstan it good though
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