[Arny Krueger]

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
message
Relatively speaking, there is -- relative to a worse
cassette deck. But relative to a CD or good reel-to-reel
recorder, no.

This is not altogether true. Nakamichis (and Tandbergs,
likely) sound better than many open-reel decks, simply
because they seem to have better-sounding electronics.

The idea that some cassette machines sounded better than open-reels often
traced back to the fact that they had more of that *wonderful* mag tape,
level-dependent, HF rolloff; and started saturating at lower levels. It can
take the harsh edge off of a recording that has one. But, its not accurate.