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"Arny Krueger" wrote:
Harry:
Even the first five years
of high-quality cassette decks were of appeal only to the
high-fidelity market as more or less a "gimmick".
IME, there never has been and never will be a high fidelity cassette
machine. But thanks Harry for admitting tacitly that you have tin ears.
Otherwise, if they were used at all, they were used as
dicatating machines.
In what alternative universe?
This one:
http://audiotools.com/cass.html
"The cassette or rather the "Compact Cassette" was invented by the Dutch
company Philips in the early 60's. Originally intended for voice
recording and therefore designed with no regard for sound quality it
nevertheless quickly gained acceptance with hobby recordists."
And cassettes were again superceded by the CD
because they were more convenient, Arny.
Convenience in this case also meaning more predictably
higher quality.
Not necessarily...just less chance of breakage and
requiring less care.
I'm talking about formats, not specific recordings.
But thanks Harry for showing your disregard for sound
quality by defending the cassette format.
I'm not defending it for sound quality, quite the
opposite Arny...can't you read.
I can read, and that's one of your problems Harry. You called cassette a
high fidelity format, and thank you for making things so clear.
Didn't he say "high-quality cassette decks"?
Stephen