Re: Akai blank cassette question

On May 1, 9:42 am, "Dave" <dspear9...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Minidisc's are still readily available & have a loyal following.
Tascam makes a Minidisc deck & there are several multitrack
Portastudio-type recorders on the market.  True, it never caught on as
a consumer product, but I like my Pioneer very much.  And, unlike a
burned CD, the discs can be re-recorded on many times & can be
edited.  I freely admit, it's a niche product.

What about CD-RW?  They're re-writable and readable in pretty much 100% of
modern disc players.  Same exact technology as Minidisc.





What I meant by ruining CD's is if the music isn't cued up right, or
you select the wrong song, etc.,, i.e. human error, it gets burned on
& you can't correct it.  If you need to only correct a small portion
of the disc, you can't & have to start all over.  It happened to me
this weekend & that's what got me to thinking about using cassettes
again.  Maybe I went a little overboard using the term "archive"; I
realize the limitations of cassettes.  However, I still like cassettes
& I'm going back to them.  Not exclusively, but more than I have in
years.  I didn't say it was easier than digital, but I do miss the
effort in making tapes, and I'm going to use my CD deck more than my
computer.  Computers make it too easy; too boring.  You don't have a
connection with the disc you're making; the effort isn't there.  Maybe
it has to do with setting the recording level, I don't know.

My intent wasn't to battle over specs; I know what they are.  Some
people prefer tubes to solid state, LP's to CD's, etc...  I really
just wanted to know if anyone had tried Akai cassettes.  However, I'm
going to research the CD-R's on the market to see if any offer any
kind of guarentee or claims of long-life.

Okay, it's personal preferance.  Myself, I've got a SS preamp driving a tube
amp.  I've got a CD player with a turntable next to it and a sizeable
collection of records to complement my CD's and computer files.

Being over 40, I have fond memories of making mix tapes, customizing them
for a particular event or a particular person.  The whole process is done in
real time and you listen while you record; it's very tactile with lots of
interaction required, and you end up with a pile of albums and cassettes
scattered around you. It's very unlike dragging icons here and there
followed by clicking "burn" and 25 seconds later the CD drive tray slides
out, DONE.  I think what you're talking about is more about the art of
making a tape, or the satisfaction you get from the _process_ of making a
tape, than the end result.  You know, the whole journey vs. the destination
paradigm.

Sorry, don't know anything about Akai tapes... as others have noted, they're
almost for sure made by one of the big manufacturers of the day.  Set up
your deck properly, grab a Fresca, and burn... oops, I mean tape.

Have fun.

Dave-

I have a CD deck, so I may just record in real-time on that from now
on. One thing I should have made more clear in my original post is
that I don't think cassettes are better than CD's the record labels
put out, nor do I think they're easier to use than CD's. My whole
issue is the durability of CD-R's. I haven't had any issues with
tapes or MD's I've made & I liked that with cassette or MD, if I
goofed, I could just re-record that portion & didn't have to start
over. That is why, from a recording standpoint, I like cassettes & MD
over CD-R.

One other thing I should mention is my cassette deck, NAD 613, has a
feature called Play Trim. Play Trim is a feature that improves the
sound of warped tapes, tapes made on other machines, etc... It was
developed by NAD & Dolby. I don't need to use this feature on all my
tapes, but it does help a lot when I need it. My MD deck has digital
noise reduction & can act as a stand alone D/A converter. I run my
tape deck thru it & the digital NR will get rid of any other noise
Dolby misses. I was listening to a tape last night w/headphones,
cranked the volume way up, and it was quiet; no hiss. This set up
works very nice for cassettes.

Cameron
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