382
Bring Back the Burned CD— They’re a love language. And a reminder of the hope we once had. (thetyee.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
119 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is a rare setup. Kind of vintage audio unicorn.

You still have a noticeable noise floor and medium limitations as equalizer, though ("warmer").

99.999% of decks and surviving tapes do sound like dogshit.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Nah, this is wrong. Cassettes don’t sound like dogshit and most vintage decks sound great when properly calibrated.

    Modern $20 Chinese portables sound like ass, I’ll give you that.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    OK, well, you have a lot more tolerance for tape hiss and compression artifacts and muted highs than I do, the only quiet tapes I’ve heard were big fat studio tapes when I had access to a research studio.

    I spent so many years trying to get a decent field recording out of the best portable recording (cassette) decks that I may be a little traumatized. DAT recording was a revelation, even with horribly unreliable decks.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent