To hiss or not to hiss?

[bigfish786]

Just borrowed this tape deck from the girlfriends dad, it looks cool, think the head needs a good clean. Surprisingly, no hiss at all!

I just borrowed it to see if my old abused cassettes still play after being left in the shed for four winters..

The first one is playing alright... No pops and crackles here, a nice warm analogue sound to it.

The future? Nah!

but it's definitely a bit of fun.

 

[Dom]

My dad recently bought a pro twin tape deck with speed controls and he loves it.

BTW that picture looks sick.

 

[keeper of the quays]

Just borrowed this tape deck from the girlfriends dad, it looks cool, think the head needs a good clean. Surprisingly, no hiss at all! 

I just borrowed it to see if my old abused cassettes still play after being left in the shed for four winters.. 

The first one is playing alright... No pops and crackles here, a nice warm analogue sound to it. 

The future? Nah!

but it's definitely a bit of fun. 

Very nice kit..is that two cans of drink at bottom of hifi rack?

 

[bigfish786]

Just borrowed this tape deck from the girlfriends dad, it looks cool, think the head needs a good clean. Surprisingly, no hiss at all!

I just borrowed it to see if my old abused cassettes still play after being left in the shed for four winters..

The first one is playing alright... No pops and crackles here, a nice warm analogue sound to it.

The future? Nah!

but it's definitely a bit of fun.

Very nice kit..is that two cans of drink at bottom of hifi rack?

smelly candles!

I light them to dry the air out for faster driver response! Lol. And they smell like pie.

 

[MajorFubar]

A right-hand tape deck. Now there's a rarety. I've seen a few, but still a rarety.

 

[Al ears]

Just borrowed this tape deck from the girlfriends dad, it looks cool, think the head needs a good clean. Surprisingly, no hiss at all!

I just borrowed it to see if my old abused cassettes still play after being left in the shed for four winters..

The first one is playing alright... No pops and crackles here, a nice warm analogue sound to it.

The future? Nah!

but it's definitely a bit of fun.

Very nice kit..is that two cans of drink at bottom of hifi rack?

smelly candles!

I light them to dry the air out for faster driver response! Lol. And they smell like pie.

I believe you could improve the sound quality of your system by switching the position v of those candles.

 

[Gray]

Good old JVC. I've got their KD21, the red peak LEDs were a bit of a novelty when I bought it!

Mechanical pause control, great for tight edits. Then came solenoids with their half-second delay, which was a lifetime to me.

If I'm not mistaken, you've got mic / line mixing on that deck. Luxury.

 

[Al ears]

A right-hand tape deck. Now there's a rarety. I've seen a few, but still a rarety.

Only JVC as far as I recall, that must be a KD25.

 

[busb]

OMG - a post from someone in the alternative mirror universe. Love the Simaudio CDP! I gave away about 50 cassettes to someone at work - must ask them if they've listened to any yet. As for tapes, they always sounded OKish when recorded but always sounded crap a year later - apart from some TDK ones with aluminium bodies. I gave up on Dolby C & used B as a compromise - less amplitude distortion. I loved making up my own party compilations!

 

[Gazzip]

Just borrowed this tape deck from the girlfriends dad, it looks cool, think the head needs a good clean. Surprisingly, no hiss at all!

I just borrowed it to see if my old abused cassettes still play after being left in the shed for four winters..

The first one is playing alright... No pops and crackles here, a nice warm analogue sound to it.

The future? Nah!

but it's definitely a bit of fun.

Very nice kit..is that two cans of drink at bottom of hifi rack?

smelly candles!

I light them to dry the air out for faster driver response! Lol. And they smell like pie.

I believe you could improve the sound quality of your system by switching the position v of those candles.

You would have to burn them in first.

 

[Al ears]

Just love the way they designed that Equinox so that you cannot stack anything on top of it. Well done Simaudio