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I went in Photoshop and extended the peaks in FFT to 0 dB. This is why SINAD didn't agree with it.
Was originally thinking about faking the whole measurement but didn't know how to make it look like tape measurements.
The deck is real by the way. I have yet to power it on but it looks really nice and cute. I don't have any small tape reels to put on it and that is something I need to buy.
For sale: Sony Tapecorder 101.
Just got it off ebay so unsure about condition.
On second thought, I will just pack it in a huge box with stones and sawdust - and ship it to to Amir!
OK, so I planned this April Fools' joke for almost a year, only to have it go down as a dud. Teaches me to not pull stunts like this in the future!
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I went in Photoshop and extended the peaks in FFT to 0 dB. This is why SINAD didn't agree with it.
I went in Photoshop and extended the peaks in FFT to 0 dB. This is why SINAD didn't agree with it.
Was originally thinking about faking the whole measurement but didn't know how to make it look like tape measurements.
The deck is real by the way. I have yet to power it on but it looks really nice and cute. I don't have any small tape reels to put on it and that is something I need to buy.
I went in Photoshop and extended the peaks in FFT to 0 dB. This is why SINAD didn't agree with it.
Was originally thinking about faking the whole measurement but didn't know how to make it look like tape measurements.
The deck is real by the way. I have yet to power it on but it looks really nice and cute. I don't have any small tape reels to put on it and that is something I need to buy.
I'd be mildly curious to find out whether cassette tape could have been the finest mass-market medium of the pre-digital era, and the benefits of dual-capstan, 3-head, etc, but not at current e*ay prices! $600+ for Tandberg TCD440, err no thanks.
I'd be mildly curious to find out whether cassette tape could have been the finest mass-market medium of the pre-digital era, and the benefits of dual-capstan, 3-head, etc, but not at current e*ay prices! $600+ for Tandberg TCD440, err no thanks.
You can get a 3-head deck for 60 bucks or so. Look for Yamaha KX-10. Only problem, it's not the usual 19" format. Yamaha made it for their Classic line, which was a bit less wide, but fully featured otherwise. Can be compared to the Yamaha KX-670, it shares a lot of parts with it.
Play trim and auto tuning for each tape makes this very comfortable i think. The noise in the video is not caused by the deck, btw.
You can get a 3-head deck for 60 bucks or so. Look for Yamaha KX-10. Only problem, it's not the usual 19" format. Yamaha made it for their Classic line, which was a bit less wide, but fully featured otherwise. Can be compared to the Yamaha KX-670, it shares a lot of parts with it.
Play trim and auto tuning for each tape makes this very comfortable i think. The noise in the video is not caused by the deck, btw.
I thought it was a brilliant April Fool*!
I didn't actually look at the data.
Now, here's the weird part like any great satire, I wasn't completely discounting the review because there's a rather famous case of a pretty uninspiring Sony deck having gained audiophile cachet.
I use mine for five to six hours on the trot, and it hasn't chewed a single tape. Because demand is so crazy for these machines, not least due to the convenient shape and size, the market where the most were sold is the one to tap: the US, which swallowed plenty of 110V models. You can find...
Ken Kessler, who contributes to the British magazine HiFi News has listed some of his recommended tape decks and the Sony TC-350 is one he feels "sounds amazing".
forum.polkaudio.com
Worse yet, I had a TC-350 -- courtesy of my PhD advisor -- which needed work and which I, ultimately, gave away.
So, now I need to get a "101" to compensate.
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* Me?! Sucking up?!? Perish the thought!
Teaches me to not pull stunts like this in the future!
