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From: mnw@trwrba.UUCP (Michael N. Washington)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: car stereo, et al ..
Message-ID: <1590@trwrba.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 10:52:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: trwrba.1590
Posted: Fri Sep 13 10:52:44 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Sep-85 05:37:04 EDT
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Reply-To: mnw@trwrba.UUCP (Michael N. Washington)
Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <140@decwrl.UUCP> francini@argus.DEC (This Space Available for Rent or Lease) writes:

> 
>Outside of some of the classical labels that take pains and time to make a 
>good product, most commercial labels make cassettes using the cheapest 
>materials they can lay their hands on.  A couple of years ago, a friend 
>gave me a copy of Alan Parsons' "Eye in the Sky" on cassette.  I already 
>owned an LP of the album, so I decided to do a little test.  I made a copy 
>of the album onto a TDK SA-90 using Dolby B noise reduction.  (The 
>prerecorded cassette also has Dolby B.)  The TDK copy won hands down.  
>The prerecorded tape had many defects: hiss, lack of high frequency 
>response, poor dynamic range, and a low signal level.
>
>While I am aware that some companies are attempting to improve the quality 
>of their prerecorded products, the vast majority of popular music cassettes 
>these days are still made with little eye to quality.  I refuse to buy 
>prerecorded cassettes, preferring to buy either the CD or the LP of a work 
>and copy it to cassette.  
>
>Nobody asked... just my opinion.
>
>John Francini
>
>...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-argus!francini
>
>"You can't paint that lake -- that's MY lake!"


I also refuse to buy prerecorded cassettes also.   I also either  buy  the  CD
or the album and record it on a cassette myself.  From all of the  prerecorded
tapes that I have listened to, they just do not sound very good to me.   I  do
not have super expensive equipment, but adequate and I can tell the difference
between a prerecorded cassette and one recorded bye someone  else.   With  the
introduction of the CD, I do not think most  companies  will  spend  any  more
money to improve prerecorded cassettes.  CD's will probably be the way of  the
future.  I just hope that the companies do not get careless with the production
of their CD's.

Michael N. Washington
TRW E & DS
One Space Park, Redondo Beach, Calif.  90278
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