My New, Old, Classic Cassette-Deck

[Searock Fan]

Sorry guys, but the cassette tape was a low-fi product from the start. About the only thing with worse sound was the 8-track.

 

[huntertrw]

This evening I'm enjoying some Donald Fagen on my new, old, classic "low-fi" cassette-deck. Is it live, or is it Maxell?

 

[renfield]

One of the best ads ever. Maybe sad but even today I can recognize that it’s a JBL L100 speaker in the ad.

I hate to think of how many cases of Maxell UD-XL II S tapes I went through back in the day.

 

[huntertrw]

Since purchasing it I had only used this deck to replay cassettes recorded on my old Akai machine from an on-line source. This morning I recorded a number of favorite tracks (using the deck's dbx noise-reduction) from that same on-line source and the improvement in audio quality is simply startling! And this from a machine that is more than 40-years old. It's a testament to Yamaha's engineering and build quality.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

As soon as I could afford one, I bought a stereo with dual cassette decks to make mixed tapes.

I still have a few mixed tapes that transcende me to certain times and places in life (both good and bad). Music got me through a lot of rough times ...

 

[proteus]

In the 80s I had a Technics dual deck I dubbed so many tapes I borrowed onto metal tape. Shhh...never a paid a cent for music back then...good ol days before this digital stuff.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Nice! I still use cassettes from time to time. This is the deck I run on my main setup. This thread has got me in the mood to throw on one of my favorite ARU tapes.