[John Bennett[_3_]]

On Sun 01 Jan 2012, Trevor wrote:
I'm amazed the concept of copying the tape from the original or
similar tape deck is never adequate, and a Dragon MUST be used to
archive all cassettes, even if they were recorded on a el-cheapo
portable probaly using a crap mic from somewhere in the audience! (as
has been suggested as one reason for getting a Dragon)

Each to their own I guess, I suppose I'm just jealous I don't have
that much money to waste for a couple of low quality recordings. I do
have an old 3 head deck which is good enough for whatever I come
across that is purely for historical value. But it seems a Dragon is
de-rigour for many, so they can have a warm fuzzy feeling that they
couldn't have done better, even if it still sounds like total crap!
:-)
I've got a broken 3 head Nakamichi BX 300 deck lying around. A few years
ago the rewind/ff went faulty for the second time in it's life and I
just couldn't justify the cost of another full service/repair!

I archived all my vinyl albums onto this deck and used to love switching
from rec to pb and convincing myself that I couldn't hear any
difference! The absence of wow and flutter was such a delight compared
to normal cassette decks!

When it came to archiving my cassettes to mp3, when the Nakamichi
failed, I bought a second hand Sony Pro Walkman (a "Weapons of Mass
Destruction 6C" model) and had it serviced quite cheaply. Although not
quite as good as the Nakamichi it did (and does) the job very well for
mp3 archival when the odd cassette tape comes my way!

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John Bennett johndotbennettatsmartemaildotcodotuk