Do they have April Fools Day in Japan?

mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
in 2 Channel Audio
I mean, if they do, and with the International Date Line and all -- that might explain this announcement from Toshiba/Aurex.

http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004328156

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thoughts?

:)
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,284
    Japan is compact living lifestyle ...that being said

    I'm not falling for it :)
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    erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    I'm in a time warp.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    I mean -- there was a Digital Compact Cassette (DCC) format in the 1990s. It didn't quite catch on, even though it was kind of clever. The players could play and record the DCCs but could also play back plain vanilla analog cassettes.

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,284
    DAT....

    https://youtu.be/F4K1QKKPX_g
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,064
    Apparently they don't have makeup in Japan. :#
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Viking64 wrote: »
    Apparently they don't have makeup in Japan. :#

    I'm sure she's looking at a picture of you right now going "Apparently they don't have gyms in America."
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    nbrowser wrote: »
    I'd take a new tape deck...got some cassettes that could use something to play them in.

    The nostalgia for cassette tapes is strong with me too, I'm afraid of what I would hear and end up disappointed though.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    I almost gave away a box of 200 cassettes but I couldn't find them...Thank God. :D

    Seriously. ;)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,064
    edited March 2018
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Viking64 wrote: »
    Apparently they don't have makeup in Japan. :#

    I'm sure she's looking at a picture of you right now going "Apparently they don't have gyms in America."
    Awwww, good for you. You scored points. :p
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    There're a hodgepodge of cassettes in the basement.
    I am not particularly proud to admit that.
    I don't think that most of them could be described as high-res in any sense of the term.
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    edited March 2018
    I have a single cassette, which was my dads when he was my age. I also have a Scott dual cassette deck, which works. I can say definitively, that I will not be buying one.
    Edit: Wait, I have a dual cassette deck, and one cassette, which means... I have more cassette players thancassettes lol.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,064
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    There're a hodgepodge of cassettes in the basement.
    I am not particularly proud to admit that.
    I don't think that most of them could be described as high-res in any sense of the term.
    Do you have anything fast and loud that I could listen to tonight when I work out at the gym? :p
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,064
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    I have a single cassette, which was my dads when he was my age. I also have a Scott dual cassette deck, which works. I can say definitively, that I will not be buying one.
    Edit: Wait, I have a dual cassette deck, and one cassette, which means... I have more cassette players thancassettes lol.

    I had at least 20 CDs before I ever got a CD player. :p
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    ...
    Edit: Wait, I have a dual cassette deck, and one cassette, which means... I have more cassette players than cassettes lol.

    You need to do something about that.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    Viking64 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    There're a hodgepodge of cassettes in the basement.
    I am not particularly proud to admit that.
    I don't think that most of them could be described as high-res in any sense of the term.
    Do you have anything fast and loud that I could listen to tonight when I work out at the gym? :p

    careful what you wish for...
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  • machone
    machone Posts: 1,510
    I'm confused. :|

    If I record an LP to a cassette am I not at rhe highest resolution possible?
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    machone wrote: »
    I'm confused. :|

    If I record an LP to a cassette am I not at rhe highest resolution possible?

    I think that it is not the recording that is the issue, but cassettes are just generally very noisy and just overall don’t sound as good as other sources.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    machone wrote: »
    I'm confused. :|

    If I record an LP to a cassette am I not at rhe highest resolution possible?

    Only if you use a speaker and a microphone.

    :)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    edited March 2018
    38575661550_883681382f_b.jpgpencil stat by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    14667522568_0a5ecf8a37_b.jpgcasettebirthday_v2-lrg by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    ^^^^^^^^^^

    Love it!

    I'd like a poster made of that cartoon!. :pB)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    Full disclosure -- I think I originally saw the "stat" cartoon posted here at the Polk forums :)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    Next thing you know, they'll bring back the 8 track -- but how hard is it gonna be to find an old-school matchbook to fold up and shove in under the tape to fine-trim the head playback alignment? ;)

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited March 2018
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • gmcman
    gmcman Posts: 1,806
    Never found a #2 pencil to work remotely ok on a cassette. This was my weapon of choice, you could twirl the cassette like a noise maker...lol.

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    DAT....

    https://youtu.be/F4K1QKKPX_g

    Man i was after one of those for the longest time.... Like the mini disc player/recorder short timers for both.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    edited March 2018
    DAT was cool -- but it wasn't cassette-compatible. The DCC standard was.
    Record digital "cassettes", but you could still play back the good ol' analog kind, too -- in one, overpriced package! :)

    (and for better or for worse) :p

    as to the pencil/pen debate -- I seem to recall the cap of the 19-cent BIC stick pen to be the tool of choice. That said, I'll admit that my recall of those halcyon days is somewhat hazy...

    ;)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    Tony M wrote: »
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    :)

    I was gonna complain about all of these off-topic posts, then I went back and looked at the thread title and realized that I didn't have a leg to stand on.

    ;)
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    :D:D:D
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