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I really like the warm and liquidy sound of my records, and I was wondering if there was a tape/cassette deck which sounds like a record player.
The cassette sounds warm yes, but it is that liquid part of a vinyl record that is missing from it.
I am talking about the kind of cassette deck where you would not be able to tell the difference between a tape deck and a turntable.
Does such a deck exists?
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Maybe if you owned a Nakimichi Dragon, but your own home made, fist generation tapes can sound very good. I still use my Denon DRS-801 from time to time and I have a Techinics that is auto reverse, has Dolby B&C...the DBX I do not use as the pumping and breathing don't work for me, but both make excellent tapes using the better TDK and Maxell brands.
I mainly use mine now for when friends have tapes they want to transfer to CD. I am onto the Tascam line of SDHC card portable recorders that can do 2496 or 24/192 and sound amazing. One you use these you can't go back to tape. www.sweetwater.com has some great buys on these great recorders. The best would be their DA-3000 that can also do DSD.
Jim Tavegia
The Tandberg TCD 3014A
but I do like the results I hear from my Nad-6300
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
It's been many moons since I played with tape decks. But I think Nakamichi made the best. You should try different brands of tape. Other than that you will be spinning your wheels trying to duplicate the sound of record.
'Liquidity', for you, will probably depend on decent amplifying electronics. Since the medium is, itself, analogue, and you find that"The cassette sounds warm yes, but it is that liquid part of a vinyl record that is missing from it"
it may be that you are sensitive to the tonal presentation rather than specifics of the medium. What have you been using?
You'll probably have to invest in something decent. I get a good sense of 'flow' from my decks (Sony WM-D6C, Yamaha KX-690, Tandberg TCD 440A), but I may be listening for something different from you. Of the three, the Tandberg has the most fulsome presentation.
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
Edits: 03/06/15
I have a Nakamichi BX 300, Nak 480 and a Nak 250. Plus a couple of dubbing machines including a Sony dolby S deck.
There has to be a deck, must be one or two, where you can not tell the difference if it is a turntable or a cassette deck playing, and regardless of tapes be it pre-recorded or home recorded one.
what turntable/tonearm/cartridge/phonostage are you using? Knowledge of those may help folk to recommend a tape deck with a similar/sympathetic sonic signature.
Seems like some tuning will be involved. I think a vintage, restored Tandberg may suit you. Perhaps a 330 or a 440. The Revox machine, mentioned below, is also supposed to be good-sounding, though I've never heard one.
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
The problem with a liquid sound is I have to mop up after each play.
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
and natural reproduction from a cassette deck...I suggest you audition the Revox B 215 if you can find one in a fully restored and recapped to its original specs condition...
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
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