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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: to_taper on October 31, 2011, 12:28:53 PM
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Hi all,
Some friends and I have live cassettes and DATs we'd like to get rid of. What have folks here done in similar circumstances?
JJ
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Typically what people have done is offer them up for free with the person accepting the tapes paying shipping.
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Typically what people have done is offer them up for free with the person accepting the tapes paying shipping.
This. And, if you find the right person, getting that person to transfer some of them for you.
I gave my entire DAT collection to a collector/taper I knew, and in return got him to transfer (to a HDD I provided) the masters and a couple other shows that were special to me. It worked out to maybe like 50 or so transfers, which was a lot, but a fraction of what was contained in the collection.
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There is still much interest in high quality (TDK/MAXELL/SONY) cassette tapes from mainly the 1979 - 1992 or 1993 era among a very loyal ANALog group known as TapeheadsDOTNET.
http://www.tapeheads.net/index.php
Most of us, overlook that still anybody these days is using DAT or Cassette, but there is a strong loyal Cassette following. It has gotten even stronger in their desire to find useable quality Cassette/Reel-To-reel/useable DATs for those that use them.
Perhaps, many of you are not aware that the MAJOR brands, no longer produce anything on cassette that is Quality tape anymore.
Only Sony HF normal tape, TDK D, normal and a TDK SA tape which is the only TypeII tape around these days, and it's no longer TDK's design or old SA formulation. Metal tape has been gone for almost 10 years. The last era of XLII Maxell cassettes were no match for the pre 1995 tapes.
So, what else is left in Cassette tape for ANALog tape lovers, well about the best tape in existence is National Audio Company (in Missouri) has quality type II high bias 747COBALT tapes & 751CHROMEtapes which are sold unlabeled/unboxed/without cases or J-cards. It is the best new tape around in 2011.
There is huge demand for ancient NOS TDK/Maxell/SONY cassettes from circa 1980's. Seen what ebay prices have been for Metal tapes and even Tdk SA-X and TDk-AD from the eighties era?
USED Tape is desirable, these days, as there is no other option for quality TDK/Maxell/Sony cassette formulations.
Don't just toss out your cassettes. People are hunting those tapes at thrift stores and flea-bay.
I know it sounds crazy.
Check the postings at TapeheadsDOTNET if you don't believe it.
Used Metal & top quality used TDK & Maxell type II tapes and any type III cassettes are in demand these days.
The same holds true for Quality used Open Reel Tapes.
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I might be interested in the DATs...
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I'd be interested in the cassettes...
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Ide be inteterested in both, to transfer and share.... dont care whats on them if they already dont exhist out there.... alwasys looking for old DATS and cassetess to transfer
I do more of this now then recording shows,and much more fun!
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I'd also be more than happy to transfer some DATs, and can do cassettes.
Let me know if you're interested.
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about the best tape in existence is National Audio Company (in Missouri) has quality type II high bias 747COBALT tapes & 751CHROMEtapes which are sold unlabeled/unboxed/without cases or J-cards. It is the best new tape around in 2011.
Thanks for the tip. I don't use cassette anymore....but still have the decks. you just never know....
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I'd also be more than happy to transfer some DATs, and can do cassettes.
Let me know if you're interested.
what bitb said, depending on what's on them.
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I also can do several cassette to dat or hard drive transfers
...I have several decks and transfer methods could do maybe 6 dats at least per day. 6tb worth of hard drive space. I am sure they will make a nice home herein Oregon! I would share you u desire that or ? lmk pm or whatever
I have over 4000 dats as well still transferring as well
2 fostex d5's
1 tascam da-mkII
2 tasacm da-p1's
5 irivers I can use as optical transfer for dats.
1 sonmy dtc 700
1 panasonic sv3700
1 sony pcm r300
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Hi everyone,
Thanks for your responses to my post. Sorry to be slow in responding.
A group of us in the Greater Toronto Area have been going through our tapes and dividing them up among ourselves and digitizing them. After we're done we will try to figure out what to do with the tapes (we are keeping all of our masters). As we go further through the process we may well find that help is needed and I'll put out a call for help.
I will sort thorugh my DATs at some point soon and see what can be offered up to good homes.
Regards,
John
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I have 8 decks and I am willing and able to make both analog and dat transfers as well as minidisc transfers. let me know
Thanks, Mike
Hi everyone,
Thanks for your responses to my post. Sorry to be slow in responding.
A group of us in the Greater Toronto Area have been going through our tapes and dividing them up among ourselves and digitizing them. After we're done we will try to figure out what to do with the tapes (we are keeping all of our masters). As we go further through the process we may well find that help is needed and I'll put out a call for help.
I will sort thorugh my DATs at some point soon and see what can be offered up to good homes.
Regards,
John