Trash those records, now we have

mrbigbluelight
mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
edited August 2007 in Music & Movies
tape ! :eek:

For extended playback, the new tape cartridges have (get a pen and paper and write this down) one side, Labeled "A", and a second side, Labeled "B".

God bless RCA Victor: I may not understand this "A" and "B" thing, but it sounds like they may be onto something !


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCYX2eooEVo
Sal Palooza
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited August 2007
    Neat vid. I never knew that even existed.

    Thanks,
    Mike
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited August 2007
    2 hours of Mono in a single cartridge!!!! Where do I sign up?
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,358
    edited August 2007
    I've heard some 15 ips R2R half track recordings (in both mono and stereo) that would stun you with the sound quality. These recordings typically go for big money as do the Grundig half track players. No pops, hiss or digital brightness to deal with.
    Carl

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited August 2007
    Same here....high quality R2R media is far more interesting than vinyl.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,927
    edited August 2007
    The big problem with tape compared to vinyl, CD, HDD, or RAM for that matter, is that it's a linear medium, rather than random access.

    Sonically, it's very hard to beat.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited August 2007
    Just think: In another 20 years we'll be going all nostalgic for CD's
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,505
    edited August 2007
    I love RTR too. Had one quite a while ago, actually it was my dads. I recorded albums, CD's (well) as well as using microphones for live recordings (my friend is a guitar player) it did everything very well.

    I miss that big TEAC unit I had.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,927
    edited August 2007
    (Russ loves it when I do this)
    These are my "good" R2R's... there are a few others, but they don't get to live in the living room.


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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2007
    Never saw one of those tapes before. The first cassette tape! Man, I need to get me one of those pipes (last scene) so I can have that look while listening. :)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

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