Just picked up 200 analog tapes from Bri. Now i need a nice deck to use to transfer. I have a deck but dont wanna use it for transfers. looking in the high school student budget.
Quote from: superphatal on January 11, 2004, 10:43:17 PM
Just picked up 200 analog tapes from Bri. Now i need a nice deck to use to transfer. I have a deck but dont wanna use it for transfers. looking in the high school student budget.
i use a Nakamichi deck. the model choices are endless, mostly dictated by how much you're willing to spend.
marc
also the old denons are great
I have a Sony ES and it is a tank. Highly recommended!
is that a 3 head sony Jamie?
I had one of those back in the day, really nice...
Al - you should be able to find some decent decks for a good price, just sniff around...
Quote from: Tim on January 12, 2004, 12:54:57 PM
is that a 3 head sony Jamie?
I had one of those back in the day, really nice...
Al - you should be able to find some decent decks for a good price, just sniff around...
Yes, it is the KA2ES. Three heads and an absolute tank. One of the best equipment purchases I ever made.
I have an LX-3 bought for about $60. It's "head" and shoulders above the late 80s Denon I owned previously -- smoother highs, much more low level detail, better pitch stability. I've even started listening to my old cassettes again for enjoyment, although I only bought it to do some transfers.
i have a nakamici MR-2 that i posted in the yard sale a while back - no takers. it works fine, and has been sitting in it's box for about 7 months. it is all yours for 75.00
let me know via PM. take care
coop
i've transferred many masters and low gen tapes for friends.
IMHO, the single most important feature one needs to pull the best signal from a tape is the Head Azimuth alignment.
deck makers such as Nakamichi and Tascam made them in the past. i can tell you from recent experience that getting the correct alignment of the playback head is essential in bring out the full potential in a recording.
i use a Nak CR-7A for all my tape transfers, and the unit has served me well for close to 15years.
marc
Quote from: spaceman® on January 22, 2004, 03:48:46 PM
Will a cassette deck such as those mentioned above make a noticeable difference in a transfer to a pc? i transferred quite a few cassettes this past year and i got decidedly mixed results(using the cassette deck from my old aiwa all in one college stereo). if spending 75 on a cassette deck will really help then that is great. any other tips and suggestions?
i tried putting my ad-20 in the mix and that didn't help much. other than that i couldn't think of much to try.
absolutely!! your playback cassette deck is the most important equipment in your transfer, IMO.
here's an offer for ya: send me 1 cassette that you want transferred. i'll put it to a DAT and send them back to you. you make your own Cassette > DAT transfer and make a comparison.
if you don't hear a significant difference, then i'll happily offer you my apologies for wasting your time and TS's bandwidth.
i think you'll be quite surprised :)
marc
Agreed.
Of course, if the tape is horrendous the deck matters much less.
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=5342
SBD+Aud Matrix->Cassette + 12 years->Nakamichi RX-505->Sony DTC-A6
transfer came out quite nice!!
Only if your DAT has better converters than your sound card. If you have a good card (USB, or whatever), then no.
I transfer tapes (and most other sources) with a CDR-W33, Sony's pro CD recorder that has SBM and also a limiter and eq. Good sound, and big advantage convenience-wize since it's in my stereo rack with the cassette deck. I can then pop the discs in the computer and do whatever else I might want with them (e.g., noise reduction). But I might stop this method since recently upgrading to 24/96 capability on my computer.
I kept my old Sony D-6 (a portable Dolby C cassette deck). I also have a Nak BX-2 home cassette deck. When I want to transfer one of my masters I use the D-6 and do the A/D with the AD-1000.
Point being:
I use the exact same deck I recorded with to do the transfer. This is the ideal situation. For tapes I did not record myself I use the BX-2.