Sorry guys I didn't expect more than 100 people to see this video lol, I had my deck fixed a few months after this was released

@seanpuello

2 жыл бұрын

After you fixed it did u try the test again to see how it went?

@analogemma

2 жыл бұрын

@@seanpuello Yes, it sounded a lot better than the recording

@Rockin_Kat

2 жыл бұрын

According to service manual frequency response on your Kenwood KX-3510 is 30Hz to 18kHz (on Metal tape)... sorry but there is no quality on this deck even if you fixed it, for comparison you will have to buy a high end deck to get the best quality from a cassette.

@erwintimmerman6466

7 ай бұрын

​@@Rockin_KatAnd your hearing goes up to...? FM radio only goes up to 15 kHz and noone complains.. The comparison is valid IMO for 95% of the people listening to cassettes. Most of us don't have 3-headers, just standard decks, if not boom boxes.

@Rockin_Kat

7 ай бұрын

@@erwintimmerman6466, in studio headphones I can hear up to 21700 Hz. I didn't check through the speakers. No one here listens to FM radio, because there's nothing to listen to :) and the sound is too compressed and equalized, and advertisements constantly interrupt the songs...

this was very informative, thank you

I love to see more young people taking care of audio with a decent amp and TAPE, o my gosh, how much do i love tape. And there's ton of other interesting stuff in that room, the prerecorded reel2reel tapes, the polaroid, a canon av-1? maybe. I'm subscribing right now and looking forward for more technical content in the future.

@analogemma

2 жыл бұрын

omg thank you so much!! Yes I recently got a Sonar SX-70 and wanted to do a video on it compared to a standard AF 600, but thanks to this comment I might actually decide to do it ahah

@blasfilm

2 жыл бұрын

@@analogemma Uou, that would be really cool in general the sx-70s are beautiful and also I've always bean really interested in the autofocus features of instant cameras, mainly because it's so out of my confort zone since I always trust in my Canon t90 with manual focus and excellent exposure metering, I guess I don't trust machines that much jajaja

@analogemma

2 жыл бұрын

@@blasfilm Totally get you haha. Love the SX-70 but damn its like they put a fisher-price plastic toy on top of a metal brick, super fragile!

wow. i've listened to vinyl for most of my life...but there was a small section where i did cassettes. nostalgia was bringing me around to check cassettes, i think i'll save my money haha. thanks for the video!

@LostBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

If you record your own they will outperform vinyl. Even type 1. Recording your own is part of the fun. I avoid pre-records for the most part. That said, in this video there is definitely something wrong. Sounds like bad azimuth to me. Could be the deck, but sometimes pre records can have bad azimuth, so it could be the tape.

Hmm. Something doesn't sound right with the cassette version. I collect cassettes, pre-recorded and empty/recordable ones, and have a low-end/mid-end cassette deck. I recorded the cassette version audio from this video into my audio editing software, and noticed a line around 6khz, which could mean an uncleaned tape head/tape path, azimuth problem or incorrect bias settings. Your deck is a 3-head (I think), which has an auto-calibration system in it, and auto calibrates azimuth and bias for the inserted cassette. You have to do this for every cassette, before playing it. Maybe you know this already, and did it before recording, I don't know :D EDIT: checked online, no, your deck is a 2-head only, like mine, but yours is more modern, and has more settings such as: auto-bias. So that's cool

@analogemma

3 жыл бұрын

Hello You are probably right! I don't clean my cassette heads nearly as much as I do my R2R decks. I did not expect to have this many people seeing these videos, as this was more of a winter break pass time (Hence the lack of videos haha). Thank you for watching and commenting though!

clean and demag the heads and tapes will sound better.

@PROGROCK-tr9hw

Жыл бұрын

I have tapes that sound better then those remastered cds they have been releaseing since the late nineties.

sweet video

I used to prefer vinyl over other media but with its popularity comes a cost. Now it’s whatever format I can find. And I discovered I don’t have to be so intent on actively listening which is just as enjoyable.

@analogemma

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! Recently I've been super busy, so I kinda just play what is most convenient haha

I’ve got cassette and vinyl that I play few times a month but it’s more convenient with vinyl since you can easily change the head with a new one compared to the head on a cassette player. But if you pick the right item that still has life, you’d be surprised how well it sounds compared to today’s audio

@analogemma

2 жыл бұрын

very true

The problem with pre-recorded cassettes is that there is wide variation in the quality of sound from one tape to another. These tapes were done in batches, reusing the same master tape, over and over at high speeds. Quality control was also quite poor. However, making good quality recordings onto high quality blank cassette tape can produce exceptionally good sound. Unfortunately, the music industry regarded cassettes as more of a disposable, 'toy' format and didn't put in the care needed to insure better overall sound quality from one batch of tapes to another. Much better quality control systems were put in place for pre-recorded reel-to-reel tapes, as this format was taken more seriously the industry and consumers alike. Good video!

Hi Emma, tape decks require knowledge how to properly clean them, maintain in a good shape and actually use for playback. Your tape was sounding awful due to issues, not because tape sound is bad. That kind of videos needs to be better prepared. BTW, I liked how you structured and narrated the video. Good luck with your channel :)

Just made record from vinil to tape 2 cassette ! Maxell xl-s 2 for example !

I honestly have a hard time picking what genre or album I want to get either on cassette or cd or vinyl lol

@themusiccornerlima

3 жыл бұрын

It depends on what you like actually. When growing up my parents had cassettes, then I had CDs everywhere and I collect vinyl now. LoL

@themusiccornerlima

3 жыл бұрын

I am in it for the music so I'm into digital and also analog but even then I rather go with wax I mean it requires you to be present and there is nothing better than that.

The cassette deck sounds like it needs head cleaning. It doesn't sound right.

Usually pre-recorded cassettes need azimuth adjustment of the heads. Yes, I know, is a mess, because first you need to have several reference cassettes to get back the azimuth screw to the original position.

@jamesconroy7030

2 жыл бұрын

Not if you have a 5 head cassette deck.

Besides clean & demag tape deck, if the tape were Chrome or other better tape formulation and HX Pro recorded, some may prefer its sound. It is easy to record vinyl/cd to cassette at home and do a blind ABX and have most/all listeners unable to discern difference. Nothing new here. It has always been known that most commercially recorded cassette tapes released prior to the 80s, maybe 1985 or so, are poor physical and recording quality. But higher quality cassettes started appearing in the mid 80s onwards- good build quality with screws in the case, Chrome and other better tape types, HX-Pro and/or other "Spectral" recording methods.

Sono buonissimi sia il disco,sia la cassetta,sia il compact disc,poi ognuno può avere più passione per uno dei tre

Please compare minidiscs with cassettes, too. Analogue records using SONY ES equipment sound great with them!

@analogemma

8 ай бұрын

I will have to check out minidiscs! I’ve never used one before

No Dolby B or C NR really sucks on any types of cassettes you have and i've known this for many years now.

A better cassette deck with metal tape outperforms vinyl any day, they are very close to R2R

A premade cassette tape is often not good sounding. Where as if I record a cd or LP on to a good cassette tape on my tandberg, you'll be amazed of how good it sounds. You forgot to mention that dolby S, as well as Bang & Olufsen (+Dolby labs) invented HX-Pro (Head room extension Pro, and Tandbergs Dyneq and Actilinear systems. And then some. All giving better treble and sound in general. Emma: get a better cassette player. Thanks for sharing. Kind regards.

Your tape deck sounds like it needs serviced with new belts

Try playing using Nakamichi deck

DO YOU CLEAN AND DEGMATISEER THE TAPEDECK HEADS WHEN IT IS NEEDED ?. IS THE NEEDLE FROM YOUR RECORD PLAYER STILL O.K. ? BUT YOU LOOK VERRY O.K. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KZread FILM. MABY HOLLYWOOD IS LOOKING TO ?

Hi! I think something may be wrong with the deck. It sounds like the playback head is misaligned (azimuth) or need cleaning. Try cleaning first. Head alignment requires equipment, so you may have to bring it to someone who can repair cassette decks. Even an inexpensive deck sounds better than your current experience. The highs are missing, and even with type I tape, you should still be able to get a high as 17 Khz. Check this out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZ-NtbSmdZncXZs.html

as usual cd blows them both away

@analogemma

2 жыл бұрын

As usual laserdisc blows them both away

@CDJF1

2 жыл бұрын

@@analogemma Live blows them all away lol

Wax cylinders are infinitely superior

HELLO GOOD LOOKING. TO BAD. EVERY THING GET'S BROKEN. BUT YOU LOOK NICE. SO I DON'T GONNA BREAK YOUR HART

Okay vinyl is better but i think thay casette isn't that soo bad as in this test, you may have wrong setup with the casette player maybe

@analogemma

2 жыл бұрын

All depends on the type of the cassette, but the machine does make a difference as well. What setup would you recommend? I think mine is quite nice

Yeah sometimes cassettes sound way better than. Vinyl or Cds. I was doing a comparison between three different bands tape vs CD version I was blown away from the cassette versions. I think the reason why is because of the kind of tape they use. Have you seen this video before? kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIqjtbOJYty7iaQ.html

@analogemma

Жыл бұрын

bold of you to assume I haven't watched every single techmoan video! haha

@unchained576

Жыл бұрын

@@analogemma I wasn't assuming I was asking if you have watched it before. It's a yes or no question.

@analogemma

Жыл бұрын

@@unchained576 lmao its a joke man

@unchained576

Жыл бұрын

@@analogemma just playing along analog 😉.

That tape doesn't sound good. Overal vinyl sounds better than a pre-recorded cassette. Pre-recorded tapes can sound very good to very bad, best are those recorded on chrome tapes. If you have the right cassette/cassette deck combination it can sound marvelous and without clicks and other noises unless they were there when recorded, recorded cd's sound very good on good tapes.. For a fair comparison use a deck with a calibration possibility, use a good chrome or metal tape and record an lp. Some old tapes sound great but other oldies sound (very)bad, think it has something to do with tape-aging and a deck that wasn't that good or had heads that weren't good aligned. My worst tape is the Scotch high energy... tapeheads needs to be cleaned every minute. Tapes from the mid 8os till late 90s sound good, looks like decks and tapes became better, even the ferro tapes. My Pioneer CT-W606DR from 1997 sounds great.

Listen darling, long before you were born, I compared both, yes then already on the high end level. First via internet, no one can judge a thing in comparing sound quality. Before digital reproduction, most used cassette recording, to copy vinyl originals from friends, or your own records to use in a car or walkman. No matter how much money one spend, in those years, it never matched the original in quality. I had a Luxman 5K50 to do this. Which was 4500,--- in the Netherlands then (1978). If idiots want to revive cassettes, in my opinion, ludicrous. As burning any recording on a CD or loading it on a USB stick, will provide anyone with far better quality. Vinyl records is a complete different story. A record on a high quality player, which is not a JVC, can compete with any digital system. Ps, I am objective, when I notice, both cassettes and CD's are Dutch inventions.

@analogemma

2 жыл бұрын

Okay

@elkeospert9188

2 жыл бұрын

"A record on a high quality player, which is not a JVC, can compete with any digital system" That is not correct. The dynamic range of vinyl is limitted to 60 dB. That is a limitation of the media which even the best player could not change. CD allows up to 96 dB dynamic range. CDs also have a perfect channel separation which vinyl never could provide - especially on low bass there it is impossible to cut that in stereo on a vinyl master. And CDs are not a pure dutch invention - the technology was developed by Sony and Phillips together.

Clearly she has no idea what cassette can truly sound like. Crappy deck 101

THE METAL CASETTE AND VINYL IS THE SAME! NO DIFFRENCE AT ALL!

Your cassetteplayer doesn'tdo justice to thetapes. Use a nakamichi cassette deck. You may find it better sounding than your record player. Also please clean the heads and rollers of ypur deck. Honestly you are not a tapehead. Know the basics first

@analogemma

Жыл бұрын

Someone didn't look at the pinned comment...

Maybe you could clean your record before playing it and if that was a clean record you should get another one. Your stylus suffers each time you play records like that.

vinyl is a pice of junk!! tapes is a pice of junk!! cds are better!!

@analogemma

Жыл бұрын

_They hated him because he spoke the truth..._