[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ralph Smeets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> If you ever have a chance, listen to a Nakamichi Dragon deck with $25
> >> blanks. I guarantee you'll hear a tape that sounds better than MD.
> >>
> >> Of course, it's still a cassette, though ;-)
> >
> >Well, my (very) old Tandberg 3-header was also capable of
> >out-performing MD while using metal-tape.
> >
> >However, play a metal-tape 10 times, and the sound degrades. Play an
> >MD 10 times.... Well, MD stays the same while tape changes over time.
> >Even when it is just lying on the shelf.
> >
> >And price-performance? To use metal-tape and to listen to it, you
> >need the best tape-deck in the world. Like the Nakomichi Dragon. But
> >be prepared to pay more then for a normal MD-deck. Metal-tape
> >walkmans exists, but are rare to find and also expensive. They are
> >not as expensive as MD walkmans, but they are in the neighboorhood.
> >And for cars... Well head-units for metal-tapes exists but again,
> >they are expensive. And a good metal tape costs a lot more than a
> >MD-blank.
> >
> >Add to that all the convinience of MDs (editing, random-access, size)
> >and you'll see why tape is on its way out....
>
> That's what I meant by "it's still a cassette, though" <grin> I'll take
> MD over cassette any day of the week for any purpose. I'll take MD over
> CD for anything portable. Just so no one doubts my passion for MD ;-) I
> was just pointing out that the assertion that it's impossible for
> cassette to sound better than MD is not correct.
I can only agree totaly....
Cheers,
Ralph -> MD forever!
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