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Re: stereo
Out of all cars that I've had in the house hold, my 88 Legend's
Matsushita (sp??) deck did best getting up to 16 kHz and down to 20 Hz.
At low to normal volume, cassettes recorded on my Denon deck sound exactly
like a
direct CD connection. However, as you pump up the volume the quality of
the sound decreases rapidly where as with CD it stays clear.
All the real highs seems to be meshed together. Of course I don't get the
17 Hz sounds in the car... but then it is a 9 year old deck!
Now if I play it my friends Sony deck at his house, it sounds as good as
it does on my Denon. Reproduction of the highs really depends on the size
of the gap in the reproduction head and size of the grain of the tape.
Alex
> Please note that the astute Alexi says *recorded on the same deck*.
> Tapes are prone to performing best when recorded and played bacl on
> the same unit. Alexi, will that tape play back the 17 khz signal on
> your car deck?? I wager that many tapes recorded on top-end
> equipment are not reproduced as well by the car deck.
>
> And of course, if one listens to Factory recorded tapes, this is all
> moot - since the tape stock they are recorded on is egregiously cheap
> and not fit to reproduce music at all.
>
> Live and learn, folks. Thanks for correcting me - I am now better
> informed about the frequency response issue.
>
> PS, Dave: I have a 1982-vintage 3-motor BIC home cassette deck, which
> is not available any more. It does pretty darn nice work, too!
>
>
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