I had a Realistic LAB-1500. Definitely NOT high-end hardware. One of my albums, Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits, Vol. II, had a bad scratch which would cause an angled tone-arm to skip badly. My linear-tracking LAB-1500 could play the entire album without skipping or sticking. It had the repeat function. It also had optical sensors to determine which size record you put in it, so it wouldn't drop the cartridge / stylus on the bare turntable. I really wanted the model from Sansui which had two tone-arms and could play both sides of the record without needing to flip it.
This is not recording digital audio. The moment you play a digital file through a headphone output, it becomes analog. For recording digital you'd need a digital media such as a MiniDisc recorder, a DCC tape recorder or DAT tape recorder. And not via an analog headphone jack but via an optical cable.
It's a digital file into an analog format. The wording might not be technically accurate but regular folks understand that better than audiophile language.
I bought a used Hitachi HT-324 turntable. The other choices were a low end Pioneer or Technics at double the price. I like the S-shaped tone arm and it looks a lot nicer than the Dual I had before.
I bought a Nizo 206 XL last year on eBay. My friends thought it was a brand new super 8 camera even though it was released in 1978. Germans are some of the best engineers on earth.
Hello from Denver, CO, USA! I just dialed my Technics RS-616 in with this tape and method you documented here... thank you for posting this! Your other videos are great too!
This was great. I had such a hard time finding stuff online for how to do this (most people just saying there was no way to make it sound clearer than just putting it by a speaker and recording), but I knew there had to be another way, and this video's got me super excited to actually start recording better quality tapes. Thanks so much!!
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Amorphous heads are made from glass and therefore last longer (technically). The trebles are supposed to be clearer as well. They were introduced in the late 80s
@@soundelegy5987 I fixed all the mechanical issues with mine but then after running it a bit it died randomly. The motor and everything still works but no audio not even a hum. There was a transistor inside that got so hot it burned me so I'm wondering if having it properly running for a few minutes exposed another issue haha
The title of this is extremely misleading, you aren't recording digital audio onto a cassette your recording the analog output of a digital source onto a cassette you are not recording digital audio. The title of this video implies that you're actually able to digitally record your signal on to an analog cassette
I think the title is extremely accurate. It's been online for 4 years and this is the first time I hear this. So all good :) If you think "How to record the analog output of a digital source onto a cassette tape" is a better title then you're not considering simplicity as a way to reach a broader audience. Most people just want their music coming from a phone or laptop onto a cassette. For them that's just digital to analog.
@@soundelegy5987 you may think the title is extremely accurate but if you were an audio professional you would know the difference and know why your title is incorrect. I'm not going to waste any more time but quit trying to bury things in the sand
And that's exactly why you're mistaken. You think this video is meant for audio professionals, maybe like yourself, but it's actually for regular folks with basic to no knowledge of the audiophile lexicon. That's why the title is spot on.
Is it a big deal whether my device says mic or line in? I've read mic is meant for weaker signals and the sound will come out distorted. But many of the portable devices I've seen only have a mic input.
Theres like one reason why i wanna get a portable cassette player so i don't have to bring my phone at school to listen to music and i would laugh my ass off if my teachers though i had a phone during class listening to Music turns out it was a cassette
Nice job. Love the history dive as well. I have an old Kreisler mic that was supposed to plug into a Radio-Record Player combo system. that I picked up at a flea market many years back, have never used it. But, I'd love to see you expand this video perhaps into a series if you have the time and interest.
Great video! I just had a question, so I hope you see this even though it's many years later :) when measuring the belt between the two pins, should i stretch the belt out to its full capacity? or measure it how it sits naturally with no stretch? thanks so much! I'm really excited to get my old walkman working again!
Hey there! Hehe I'm still around :) The belt should just be extended but not stretched out. There should be no extra tension apart from the one needed to lay it down flat.
@@soundelegy5987 Thanks for your assistance man, but unfortunately my cassette deck has died, and no way to fix. I will most likely buy a new one though and follow your advice. Thanks!
@@soundelegy5987 Sorry for once again bothering you. I bought a new cassette deck, from a technician this time. This deck also only has CD/TUNER/VIDEO/PHONOS inputs, and after trying RCA to 3.5mm in the CD slot, it worked succesfully with the speakers playing music I was playing. Does this mean I can now record onto the cassette?
