Revisiting Cassettes Tapes

[TitanTim]

To show a bit of solidarity I popped into the loft to show you a few of my tapes. It's not all about sound quality, nostalgia is a wonderful thing. And I always remember the sense of pride in using a metal tape

Thanks for posting great to see the old pre recorded tapes. I only have a few as most tapes I recorded myself from vinyl at the time. Some considering they're 40 years old now still play fine although others are giving a high pitch whistle which I think is a sign the tape is oxidising why I want to get back to recording new ones.

Tim.

[TitanTim]

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I beat you with this recorder

Now you're talking great deck. Still on my shopping list maybe an Aiwa but bought the Uher deck I posted earlier last year as it was brand new old stock from 1985. Just something very satisfying with those decks and just using them

Tim.

[TitanTim]

My first portable was one of these.....

https://storycase.co.uk/radio/tape-reco ... yer-cq-1k/

Funny enough i remember taking skiing in France in the early 80's
Used to buy the JVC Metal cassette tapes also.

Got some super old Cassette singles also , Prince - Batdance. Echo & the bunnymen - Crocodiles etc. must try dig them out (They coming back now, as did vinyl)

They were good players, I wouldn't mind picking one of those up.

Modern equivalents are still being made,

https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/fii ... an-4408034

Tim.

[Pondrew]

Funnily enough I've never owned a stacking system. Always lusted after an Aiwa or Technics in my youth after suffering a childhood Saisho

One of my first purchases when I started work was a Kenwood stacking system. It had a CD player too, very high tech for the time.
I then soon got the music 'bug' and moved on to Denon separates, a Technics turntable and Mission speakers.

Most Saturdays were spent drooling over the equipment for sale in my local Hi-Fi shop (B&B Hi-fi in High Wycombe)

Now got multiple speakers, two 59 channel a/v amps with a million watts per channel, Cambridge Audio DVD players, etc.

Nowhere near as good sound as a 2 channel stereo amp, a couple of floor standings and a turntable with a decent stylus.

[pvr]

The only items I still have from the time are my Philips MFB speakers, never heard anything sound better so far and thankfully they still work.

[Pondrew]

The only items I still have from the time are my Philips MFB speakers, never heard anything sound better so far and thankfully they still work.

I still use my handmade pair of Castle 'Severn' floor standings. Beautifully made and sound really good.
They are worth virtually nothing now as a bit 'old fashioned' looking

[True-Blue]

When are you all going to rush out and retro-fit drum brakes to your Zed’s…

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

Are you all going to start ditching your OLED’s and buying massive 32’’ CRT TV’s that take up more floor space than a sofa.

I need to keep working if this is what retirement does to you

[True-Blue]

Smoking jackets anyone….

Just reading the instructions on my brand new tin of snake oil

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[TitanTim]

When are you all going to rush out and retro-fit drum brakes to your Zed’s…

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

Are you all going to start ditching your OLED’s and buying massive 32’’ CRT TV’s that take up more floor space than a sofa.

I need to keep working if this is what retirement does to you

So if an E Type V12 was dropped on your drive for the day you would say no thanks

I used to go to Airshows in the 80s flying from Coventry Airport in a DC3 Dakota. Now if I had taken the view no chance, too old fashioned, what an experience missed. Just saying

Tim.

[BeeEmm]

You younger generation (I'm 76 so most of you are a younger generation) and nostalgia, cracks me up. Some older things are good to have, but when it comes to serious music listening very few things compare with quality stereo speakers and a good amp. Valve amps can be regarded as an old fashioned idea, and are probably the only amps I would buy today (new of course). At the moment I have two speakers with six amps (3 amps inside each speaker 'box' with one amp driving the bass, one the midrange and one the tweeter in each speaker). It also has a built in streamer). The sound is the best I have experienced. In 3 years time I might have something else, but if I do it will be new. Oh and by the way, I clearly remember changing needles on gramophones and wondering why they didn't slice through the plastic records. Better to drag than push, I suppose

[ronk]

I’ve got a Technics record deck stored away but suspect it will need a new drive belt as the current belt will be as dry as a bone!

I’m another old goat who can still remember changing the needle and putting a sixpence on the arm of is Dansette record player!

[TitanTim]

Some old fashioned ways should never hve been done away with like, putting twopenneth in a toilet door to keep the riff raff out

Tim.

[BeeEmm]

Some old fashioned ways should never hve been done away with like, putting twopenneth in a toilet door to keep the riff raff out

Tim.

It was an old penny when I used them, now it's one Euro or a pound.

[TitanTim]

Some old fashioned ways should never hve been done away with like, putting twopenneth in a toilet door to keep the riff raff out

Tim.

It was an old penny when I used them, now it's one Euro or a pound.

There used to be some Victorian underground toilets in the centre of town where I live and remember going down there when very small and it was a penny, (to spend a penny ) but then it went up to 2 pence after decimalisation

Tim.

[Mr Tidy]

I got a Technics stacking system in the late 80s and thought it was great how the turntable could play both sides of an LP without it needing to be turned over.

But I got rid of it in 2005 after a house downsize meant there was nowhere to put it. We then had Surround Sound for the TV with an FM tuner and CD/DVD player but it just wasn't the same. That's when all my cassettes went too. Apart from these unused ones that somehow escaped the cull.

I do have a pair of Mission speakers now that sound great. And I've got the DSP set-up in the Z4.