Re: Fidelity Tape vs. CD

"David King" wrote ...
Can someone provide a brief overview of the frequency response
characteristics of a good quality audio cassette tape compared with a
recordable CD?

It seems likely that the very best possible audio cassette
was a poor performer against the most average CD.

I am interested in recording ambient nature sounds and would
like to capture as much realism as possible.

Recording ambient and/or nature sounds makes more demands
on using quiet microphones and mic preamps because of the low
levels of the desired sounds.

There aren't many (any?) portable (battery operated, over the
shoulder, etc.) CD recordable devices out there. The method
of choice these days is a digital flash and/or hard-drive recorder
of some kind. There are several to choose from these days.
Recommend researching the Google Usenet archives for previous
discussions on portable recorders and ambient/nature recording
in both rec.audio.tech and rec.audio.pro

I recently bought a portable recorder from the Oade Brothers
who sell specially modified equipment to people who use them
for wider dynamic range recording like nature/ambient and for
classical music, etc. www.oade.com



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