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From: knf@druxo.UUCP (FricklasK)
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Subject: Re: car stereo, et al ..
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 21:48:13 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 21:48:13 1985
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>>...ke 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 
>>prerecorded cassettes, preferring to buy either the CD or the LP of a work 
>>and copy it to cassette.  
>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.
>
Two comments: first of all, the best prerecorded cassette I have ever heard is 
the Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms."  Is recorded Dolby B/HX Pro and sounds
great.  Second, some companies are ALREADY careless- listen to "Crime of the
Century" (I'm not sure what label) for example.  It is fairly quiet, but doesn't
even come close to the sound of the album ,especially not the MoFi's.
   '`'`'
    Ken
   '`'`'


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