Compact Cassettes: Don't Digitise - just enjoy

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The JVC KD-A7 tape player was the last component I needed to finish assembling my unusual HiFi.
In this video I also show any HiFi components that I didn't cover in other videos and throw in a few tips if you are thinking of putting together your own. (CLICK SHOW MORE)
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@shaolinbladeV 7 лет назад

Props for the dope hip hop collection.

@therage3904 5 лет назад

@@NintendoDude888 No.

@realmadstupid 5 лет назад

@@NintendoDude888 you don't like it so it's garbage... typical

@olliecrow3547 5 лет назад

@@NintendoDude888 geez, settle down spaz! No one cares what you think. A lot of people enjoy videos games and I'm sure there's some who think it's a garbage way to spend ones time.

@bt3743 4 года назад

@@NintendoDude888 How is it controversial, the fuck is this the 80s. Nice try at trolling kid now i think its past your bedtime.

@djyems1021 3 года назад

@@therage3904 What did he say?

@theavnut8568 2 года назад

"I don't plan on adding minidisc" Actually years later:Buys hundreds of minidisc players.

@hognosemyan 8 лет назад

Thanks Techmoan. Your channel has made me chemically addicted to vintage hi-fi technology. Now I have an AKAI GXC-709D sitting in my room that I use to play obscure black metal

@Techmoan 8 лет назад

+Carrotttt That's a nice old solid machine - nice VU meters...and I bet you got it for a great price.

@hognosemyan 8 лет назад

Techmoan Actually it was sitting in my garage, my dad said that it was really good back in it's day (luckily it still is).

@tombstone258 8 лет назад

+Carrotttt rather funny im on the same boat as you, got my grandfathers old Akai GXC-706D

@michealscott2971 8 лет назад

Tombstone258 got my fads cassette tapes one of them is a type 2

@BAgodmode 8 лет назад

Yeah, now I have been bitten by the "Buy old HiFi equipment" bug. I have stacks of old vinyls and cassette tapes from dead relatives, and I really want to remember what it was like to listen to cassette tapes like when I was a kid.

@PovRayMan 10 лет назад

Damn, that selection of cassettes. Techmoan didn't chose the thug life, the thug life chose him.

@lordapophis5723 5 лет назад

Comment of the month!

@MrWombatty 4 года назад

At least I don't have to worry about Techmoan bidding online for the same genres of music as me!

@f__kyoudegenerates 3 года назад

@@MrWombatty yeah honestly.

@hafizarashid7857 3 года назад

Seriously! Impeccable taste in hip hop here

@seacampal1425 Месяц назад

"Have you ever imagined. that your favorite rapper is a stone cold killer?"

@cAPSlOCKrOXX 7 лет назад

"I think I've assembled all the components I want in my HiFi system now." -Techmoan in 2014.

@ThomasNimmesgern 6 лет назад

Life is tempting.

@mr.salisbury2435 5 лет назад

next week: oh look a new Hifi component.

@MrWombatty 3 года назад

'He who dies with the largest collection of sound-gear wins!'

@artdcora 3 года назад

"So that was a lie" -Techmoan in 2021

@suppengroove 2 года назад

he probably already knew that this sentence gonna age poorly :D

@w33blord66 6 лет назад

I'm not an audiophile, I'm just obsessed with music. So for me, the novelty has never run out. I love cassette because it's so fun to hold a piece of musice, make my own mix tapes, and show people. I'll love cassettes forever.

@MattHayesVinyl 7 лет назад

That JVC deck is amazing. I love the technology from the mid 70's to the early 80's where it was all flashy lights, bright VU meters (whether analogue or digital), and silver faced hi fi components.

@robc4191 3 года назад

How funny is it that Mat thought this was it for his home stereo six years ago! LOL - there was SO much more coming down the line my friend!

@ChrisTheSheriff 8 лет назад

Im suddenly becoming facinated with vintage Hi-Fi Audio Equipment... I suddenly wanna buy a high end Cassette deck WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!!!

@KuroOldAccount 7 лет назад

ChrisTheSheriff same

@KiwifruitDev 6 лет назад

To be honest, the same goes for me. Also, nice pfp!

@jennoscura2381 6 лет назад

Add me to the list. I want to add a cassette deck to the stereo I am putting together.

@ColtGColtG 5 лет назад

yeah hes good at getting people to spend money

@Applecompuser 4 года назад

ChrisTheSheriff - The casset is the weakest link unless you want to make mix tapes. But, even there, why not make CDs with your own mix. Cassettes often break when they get old.

@tobortine 10 лет назад

I'm so tempted to go into the attic and bring down my old Hi-Fi stuff but I'm not so sure my wife would be as happy to see it again. Love your enthusiasm for this stuff, great video.

@Techmoan 10 лет назад

Try and do it one component at a time and see how many you can sneak into the lounge before she notices. It's a funny thing, but my missus joined in with my latest obsession when we retrieved her old record collection from her parent's garage.

@tobortine 10 лет назад

Techmoan Good idea, she may well be tempted by some of her old records that are also in the attic.

@wolfetteplays8894 Год назад

@@electrictroy2010 yeah, but now you have less durability and more skipping, so might not be a valid trade off … besides, minimalism isn’t always a good plan of action, keeping retro or “obsolete” things is always an excellent conversation starter and a cool thing to showcase at family gatherings :)

@puppykicker6701 5 лет назад

The best way that I have found to digitize cassettes and other analog sources is to use a standalone CD/DVD recorder with analog inputs. Use a recording EQ with inputs for 2 cassette decks, and substitute the burner for one. The EQ can be used to enhance the sound, the other cassette deck that you unhooked can be used as a VU meter and for balance/level control if the burner comes without. You must touch the track button between songs on the remote for the burner, or else you will have one long track for the whole album. That is where the problems end. At this point, it is on a CD, and can easily be transfered to a computer to make mp3 or other files out of it. Now you have a hard, long lasting copy, and the capability of the new portable formats as well.

@beatsbeercigarettes 8 лет назад

I don't usually leave comments... But damn! All of those Big Daddy Kane tapes make me jealous!

@steadfastcoward 7 лет назад

WORD

@kingwithacapitalk614 4 года назад

Rappers stepping to me, they want to get some, but I’m the Kane so yo, you know the outcome! 🔥🔥🔥 I’m jealous too!

@dareason7581 7 лет назад

WOW you have a WRECKS N EFFECTS on TAPE? that's amazing!

@Rzarecteh 10 лет назад

Wow! Nice library Techmoan. Never saw you as a golden era of Hip Hop listener. Big Daddy Kane, Gang Starr, Ice Cube, some classics! Great video as always.

@1969longshanks 2 года назад

Came across this old video of yours Matt, love that you said you weren't interested in minidiscs. They must have grown on you.👍

@RCAvhstape 8 лет назад

"very young-looking Will Smith" lol he pretty much still looks the same as that cover photo.

@raymondleggs5508 8 лет назад

Hes a vampire.

@rootbeer_666 7 лет назад

Black don't crack, my dude.

@Albee213 4 года назад

Same with LL Cool J, permanently 30 years old.

@artsimannisto5659 3 года назад

homies dont were out dat easy.tuff skin.

@kennypitts4829 8 лет назад

Cool! I found this exact tape cassette player in perfect shape at a Salvation Army store here in California. $19.00 usd.

@MrWombatty 4 года назад

After acquiring a high-end Yamaha compact-cassette recorder Hi-Fi component, I was really impressed how great the cassettes sounded through my Pioneer system!

@daplaya88 9 лет назад

nice oldschool hip hop collection

@vassili87 7 лет назад

Man, you got me into the retro tech nostalgia. I was a kid in the '90s and the only music I listened to was through my dad's car stereo. Your rig is lovely, btw.

@Mulletsrokkify 10 лет назад

Fantastic setup! The eject mech on the JVC is probably has either a knackered or missing damper. The top loading VHS machines had the same issue, except they would catapult the tape across the room!

@mikalexel364 7 лет назад

Had quite a collection of vintage and retro auduo stuff which i stopped appreciated years ago but thanks to your channel im now looking at them with new eyes again... Inherent my dad's stuff and he had been a true audiophile... several nakamichi cassette decks and Pioneer, Technics etc and turntables, amps, tuners, graphic equalizers etc. etc. im now looking with new eyes at these precious gems.. thanks.....

@VizionZine 10 лет назад

Such a cool setup! Love that you have everything running through a Sonos as well!

@Fattydeposit 8 лет назад

You have amazing taste in music. I've noticed in several videos. Yes this is very important.

@harryarmstrong658 8 лет назад

+SG 6000 He has a surprisingly good hip-hop selection.

@Fattydeposit 8 лет назад

True connoisseur right here.

@iamatis20 8 лет назад

+Harry Armstrong For a older white guy YES!! I dont even have some of those in MY collection!! I never knew all this stuff came overseas to Great Britain.

@harryarmstrong658 8 лет назад

I live in the UK too and I have nearly all of those artists in my collection, ironically the one I don't have is the Outlaw Posse...and they were made in the UK!

@distomos8118 4 года назад

Came across your channel and spent so time watching some of the videoclips. Thanks for taking your time to show us all this. Nostalgia caught me after a while. The 70s and 80s especially where IMHO the Golden Age of HiFi and I miss them in part because all the equipment had that special touch modern gear lack today. I still keep some of the equipment as my Dual direct drive turntable and Sony 3 head cassette tape deck from 1978. They still in use, but only once in a while because I’m afraid to wear them down. Anyway, thanks and keep it up.

@davidcross701 3 года назад

Building my own nostalgia! Cassettes are the best. Nuff said.

@youreperfectstudio4789 5 лет назад

I kept my old VHS tapes for many years planning to use a video capture card to record them into my PC... eventually I did one of them and decided it was easier and better just to buy DVDs if I wanted to watch those movies.

@PolesAreEverywhere 8 лет назад

Casette digitalizer is waste of money becouse you can plug any casette player with phones input to computer mic input with just simple mini jack to mini jack cable and just record it with any audio recorder. In fact you can "digitalise" any record with that metod :)

@KajiRider1997 8 лет назад

+PolesAreEverywhere That's ZX Spectrum logic there xD

@PolesAreEverywhere 8 лет назад

Good times :D

@dashcamandy2242 8 лет назад

+PolesAreEverywhere I have a PC device that fit in a 5.25" bay (PlusDeck2 I think it was called) that I had purchased intending to convert my cassettes over, but when using it, it failed to separate tracks and the actual sound output was horrible. A decent tape deck patched into my audio input jack, setting good recording levels and 320k bitrate MP3 encoding sounded far better than the WAV format and low-quality playback head in the PlusDeck. I only used it once and gave up.

@PolesAreEverywhere 8 лет назад

DashCamAndy Exactly, I wouldnt belive that any "digitaliser" have better quality than any of my old decks. Its good to see that more people realized this.

@julosx 8 лет назад

+PolesAreEverywhere The problem is, tapes don't last for ever. So far I've mainly digitized my 8-tracks cassettes (normal compact cassettes) into Garageband to make sure the songs (mine) are backed up and can be completed digitally with new tracks. I still use my 1988 Yamaha recorder as a mixing desk when recording.

@SeverityOne 7 лет назад

Oh, that JVC take deck takes me back right to the late 1970s. My parents (well, my father) bought an all-in-one JVC system. It was the lowest cost one, so everything model number ends in '11". That system is probably why I'm addicted to this channel. The system itself came with a black-with-silver piece of furniture, which my mother hated because it didn't go with anything else in the living room. Strangely enough, I never actually bought a piece of hi-fi equipment, other than a Sony Walkman, a Sony Discman, and a Sharp portable MD. And, of course, the M-Audio M-Track 2x2M that is connected to my PC, my Korg Electribe EMX-1, and a pair of AKG consumer headphones.

@BigManko 10 лет назад

Stunning Setup! I would love to see the wiring!

@AaronJaunty 8 лет назад

Bro, #salute to your collection! Dope

@Techmoan 8 лет назад

+Aaron Jaunty Word.

@dlasky 3 года назад

I have noticed that many people who love retro music equipment also have a good collection of old school hip hop, there is a direct connection it seems.

@pgtmr2713 8 лет назад

If your cassette tapes start sounding warped, FF or RWD all the way to the end, and then back the other direction once, maybe twice, and it should straighten out/line up the 2 reels. Before trying a more invasive repair or assuming it's magnetically messed up.

@JulesNekro 2 года назад

Yooooo that tip is golden

@aacallison1535 2 года назад

Yes that works

@stan.rarick8556 Год назад

yes, repack the tape after long storage

@viveksoley 8 лет назад

watching your retro videos is like re living my teenage. These things meant a lot to me.

@wildbilltexas 8 лет назад

In the 80's I had a newer JVC cassette recorder with LED level and spectrum analyzer. It was a great deck, but I foolishly got rid of it when it quit working and didn't have the time or money to fix it. Pre-recorded tapes became good-great sounding when they started using digital duplication (Digilog) in the mid-late 80's. I just wish they had all had used chrome high bias tape.

@seacampal1425 5 лет назад

JVC KD-D4?

@Vebinz 10 лет назад

Awesome set-up, and I like that you went for the silver look as opposed to the standard black one. Good to see appreciation for cassettes. Didn't figure you for a rap fan, but real nice.

@edwardphilibin3151 2 года назад

When you look at an English chap of a certain age, most folks don't count backwards to realize he was coming of age when hip hop was going mainstream.

@alimhaider8680 9 лет назад

Loved that tour of his naff hifi equipment. Really good

@JaesadaSrisuk 7 лет назад

That tiny Samsung® Blu-Ray™ player is just adorable! I like the front-loading mechanism that pops out of the top. I'm surprised that there aren't any other players on the market with a similar form.

@biggles1024 10 лет назад

OK Mat, you've convinced me not to go down the road I was planning on traveling and by that I mean digitising all my music. I'll keep my old stereo equipment and I'll even add to it. ;) I was very tempted back in '75 to buy a reel to reel but good ones were just out of my price range and so I settled for a good quality cassette recorder. Sadly that went to meet it's maker some time ago. Finding anyone who can repair them where I live is nigh on impossible so I'll source a new one online. Thanks for posting. Cheers, b. Edit: typo

@scottied7299 4 года назад

I've watched quite a few of your videos to this point, and I love the look at old technology, but I admire your taste in music...

@MaxBreak 10 лет назад

Techmoan your old school hip hop tapes took me back, love the formats you have covered in your retro set up i used to have "1980's" a Marantz SD 6020 tape deck with two speeds and a Marantz PM500 Amp with 4 speaker outs and about 16 cheap speakers stacked as a wall pugged in to that... VU Meters rule :)

@toothache90 6 лет назад

that's a really neat way of using the tape 2 monitor. allowing to listen to any source and then wireless stream it in the house. Genius!

@etmax1 9 лет назад

I converted a whole bunch of cassettes to MP3 using some audio SW that allows me to easily split a continuous track into separate ones and then do hiss removal as well as snap/crackle/pop and rumble (for vinyls) and it does an amazing job. It means that I can play all of those old tapes off a CD in the car or via Bluetooth streaming and via Sonos at home. A little bit of inconvenience up front for a world of pleasure.

@purpleghost4083 7 лет назад

Why convert directly to MP3? You probably would have been better off to make a higher quality wav file and then convert to MP3 (or whatever format). That way, you'd have that original higher quality file to re-encode at a later date to whatever is needed, should you need to. You've now forever limited them to whatever the MP3 bit rate was. I hope you used the highest bit rate (which I think is 320 kbps).

@AttilaTheHun333333 7 лет назад

A world of pleasure? Converted audio cassettes? I couldn't disagree more.

@steadfastcoward 7 лет назад

You've obviously never considered the hours spent doing that manually to be a pain, and you can digitize what you like, make a playlist and have hours of hands-free listening while working about the house. AND making CDs of your own, then there is backing up your precious tunes for the day the deck suddenly devours it or the CD is no longer recoverable, or it breaks...ever had one shatter in your computers CD/DVD drive?

@petepictures 6 лет назад

Cool, I would have the MD myself, they were the loveliest format of the 90S

@webwolf7 8 лет назад

Fantastic setup! I am starting to build up one of my own, I might borrow your theme of silver-colored late 70's early 80's equipment, it looks really sharp and actually seems to blend in well with modern equipment as well. Now if only the reel-to-reel that I found in my grandparents basement wasn't that woodgrain pattern...

@sumonmiah3534 7 лет назад

enjoy watching your vids thanks.im late 70s kid also a scratch dj and have merits in electronic servicing and repairs.i have most of you tape collection on vinyl.have collected my dream audio components over the years.keep them videos coming thanks.

@TheXtremesoundz 10 лет назад

Really loved this video, I am impressed with your love for this equipment. It also reminds me how incredible my B&O Beocenter 9000 is because it looks brand new, plays CD, tape FM-AM, phono ect but is just so compact and lovely to look at. I love the feel of equipment when it's made to last!

@Techmoan 10 лет назад

I always liked the design of the B&O 9000 on a stand. I wish there was a stand-alone CD player that looked as impressive.

@TheXtremesoundz 10 лет назад

Techmoan aha, sorry but you're thinking of the Beosound 9000, they made a Beocenter 9000 (my one). It is like a horizontal version without multi CDs but with a proper 4 channel amplifier. Worth a look man :)

@terrycard5147 9 лет назад

Techmoan

@pingywon 7 лет назад

I LOVE how into old school hip hop you are!

@danieldougan269 6 лет назад

I just love that your collection of cassettes is all hip hop.

@Dot-bs4yv 6 лет назад

that's a very clever setup you got there, i like how most of it is that retro stuff to nicely done!

@dionmiller8547 8 лет назад

Best tape collection ever! I have many of those in a wall rack somewhere in my mother's attic.

@santi0797 7 лет назад

1:54 the moment that thing turned on and the song started playing, man i think i wet my pants, not again god damn it

@FilmSphere 8 лет назад

I was watching this video with headphones coming out of my Pioneer SX-3600. What a surprise seeing one turn up on screen. Very nice setup you have. I have mine split between my computer, TV, and turntable

@gustavefrankfurter6462 5 лет назад

You have a very surprising collection of great classic hip hop! I'm now trying to imagine you in the 1980's cruising around the UK with a thumping car stereo jamming Run Dmc!

@trip2themoon 8 лет назад

I love all the crazy acronyms that old separates have. My Aiwa tape deck has built in AMTS: Anti Modulation Tape Stabiliser. I've no idea what that actually does though.

@keyproductions100 10 лет назад

I was shocked to see Eazy E in your collection!! your obviously a man with taste!

@folksurvival 6 лет назад

Eazy E was total trash. Zero talent.

@neves6867 6 лет назад

keyproductions100 yeah. By himself he couldn't do shit. Ice Cube wrote his best rhymes, than MC Ren. When he tried to write by himself he sucked

@therage3904 5 лет назад

@@folksurvival He had an extremely distinctive voice and unbeatable personality. Rap is about more that lyrics. Also, plenty of great rappers back then were ghostwritten. Biz Markie didn't write "Vapors" and Dre didn't write a single lyric on The Chronic.

@folksurvival 4 года назад

@@DrLoverLover You've just proven yourself a liar.

@lee_drifting 3 года назад

dont sleep on the d.o.c.

@aztecred92 9 лет назад

Great video. Love the vintage audio equipment!

@DJ_Pigg 7 лет назад

Subscribed, not just for the excellent reviews but also because you have great taste in music!

@peoplelikeus123 6 лет назад

Love the fact you are a real hip hop fan. Respect! Great channel too.

@dvamateur 8 лет назад

I think all audio formats have their merits. I like the mechanical quality of the tape drives and cassettes. I also like CD and it's optical, mechanical, and software aspect. Very neat combination. Even today there are some options for a non-moving part players. Or even on a shoe string budget, by using your phone, it can also be good, if the MP3 is 320Kbit/sec. Many options. But only one option in stores...

@BicMacAndChips1 5 лет назад

I just love watching your videos. Always so enjoyable

@Radi0he4d1 7 лет назад

I like how a cassette rant turns into a Hi-Fi overview lmao

@BobEmrich 5 лет назад

i think he has upgraded every single piece of equipment demonstrated here. what an awesome collection

@Gigidag77 8 лет назад

Don't use those cheap cassete digitizers. Record from a real cassete deck (with dobly and so on) through rca cables to your computer's soundcard. Done. ;)

@Bungle 4 года назад

And there is plenty of free software that you can use to easily rip the songs. OP is good at some of this stuff but he doesn't seem to be great with computers.

@danlettuce8429 4 года назад

Audacity is excellent for this and will host VSTs for remastering any recordings

@Andystuff800 3 года назад

Dan Lettuce Audacity is fine for basic editing but sucks for mastering. Get REAPER instead.

@Gigidag77 3 года назад

@@Andystuff800 iZotope RX.

@Andystuff800 3 года назад

Gigidag77 RX is good but expensive unless you pirate. REAPER is just easier.

@steviebboy69 8 лет назад

Wow what a nice collection of equipment you have there, I for one have never seen or heard of an elcaset if that is how it was spelt. The old cassette deck with the spectrum type display was nice, I bet it looks great in the dark, with all that stuff lit up.

@LeeBondo 6 лет назад

I just love Cassette tapes. They are the best music format ever!

@dennisbenedict5161 2 года назад

Another great Hi-Fi video. I converted all my cassettes over using my computer and AVS Audio Editor. I still listen to the actual cassettes, but I also listen to the digitized versions. I still make mix tapes as well. Primarily because, for me, it's fun and relaxing.

@wolfetteplays8894 Год назад

Same. There’s just something so much more satisfying about working within the limitations of the medium, and having something you can hold in your hands and the abjility to collect and display what YOU made… as opposed to Spotify, where playlists are just a bunch of boring JPEGs, and there’s literally no limit to the amount of music you can store in them, so you often won’t think before putting new songs in or whatever.

@skinnyhastrup 6 лет назад

I'm probably NOT the first one to say this, but I tossed out my commercially available albums on cassette out a long time ago, as they are available on so many other formats. But those mixed tapes i've made from radio with long tedious listening of so much pre-war (joke) radio crap to find those hard to get tunes on to tape - are such nostalgic gems for me, so I ripped the tapes as A and B sides with a DCC so didnt have to bother with digital leveling in the computer. Two files per tape. Mastered them with 'stereotool' in my own setting, fadein/fadeout in an editor, down to flac, and kicked them hard into the google music uploader, with a photo of the tape and some name. So now I can listen to all my tapes in sidelong episodes in as good quality and even volume, as possible, but with all those bad recordings, talkovers and partial stuff, just like I remember them from my childhood, everywhere I go. And the storage is free...incredible :)

@noahamoe3394 5 лет назад

In my opinion i truly believe it's better to listen to cassettes the traditional way and not to digitize them

@autisticrebel1253 6 лет назад

At home we have a Technics SL-B210 and one of my dad's friends found it in a skip in 2000 and we have been using it ever since and the only thing we have had to replace on it is the belt and the stlyus, it is also missing the dust cover. it sounds good. My dad used to have a Dual.

@timvarlow1363 8 лет назад

Wow you have an amazing set up, I remember the days.

@grumblekin 10 лет назад

DUDE YOU GOT STEP IN THE ARENA. That tape is so tight! I played it nonstop as a kid until the tape broke.

@krist0sh 10 лет назад

That was really a video at the right time; I currently am transferring all of my (really my moms and dads) cassette tapes over to my computer. Not because I can't find them on the internet (some of it is actually not on the internet) but because I want the music away from the medium before any of them decide that they're going out. I know it won't sound as good, I know it takes time, but the joy for me is listening to them while in progress + having them as WAVs afterwards. The deck I'm using is a trash-picked Sanyo RD 3510M, I tried it with my on-board audio-cards before I finally landed on my Zoom H1 as the interface. Record them with Audacity, put a noise reduction filter on if needed and then manually separate each song and write the labels off the case. A lot of work, but I like it. Anyway, great video as always.

@georgeanastasopoulos5865 5 лет назад

Wow, great video demonstration, and explanation! Thank you for the extra information, Techmoan. Myself, I am fortunate I have a very good cassette tape deck along with a couple of other hi fi components. I play my cassettes on a Harman Kardon TD302 deck bought in 1988, connected to a Sony 85 Watt receiver (of 2012), and a Sony CDP-CE215 CD Player (of 1998); I'm glad I waited to get a CD player until 1998, because Sony has implemented a high density linear converter. Further, the only thing about most cassettes, no matter what equipment I think you play them back in, is that a cassette cannot reach the quality of sound, and fullest musical notes of vinyl records; except with a CD that is recorded well. However, I still prefer records. Furthermore, most cassettes, if they are pre-recorded are recorded on type 1, and from my listening experience, it's better to get a type 2 tape! A type 2 cassette is almost as good as a type 4, metal, tape. Anyhow, that preference of type 2 cassette is mostly my opinion.

@travistaylor3186 7 лет назад

that JVC tape player, so gorgeous. what a machine!

@ddave7026 8 лет назад

my Sony STR 11 receiver...with its blue green ambiant light. I'll never give it up. nice collection of tapes, I was the master of driving with one hand and with the other FF...PLAY... pretty close to hitting certain songs in the begging .love cassettes!

@VeryMildNoodles 8 лет назад

I have tried using a sync-your-cassettes-to-a-usb-key-or-cd method with my mother's JVC KD-D10, which has massive orange VU meters that captivate my 11 year old sister when I put on a Queen cassette. My mother has an amazing retro hifi, that we store in the attic. The other cassette player in that setup is an Aiwa something-or-other that has an amazingly bright led vu meter, hooked up to a Sony ta-f55 stereo amplifiers, a sansui t7 tuner in silver, and a pair of kef cantor 2 speakers. Apart from the Aiwa's belts, everything is flawless. I even sneaked in the JVC cassette player to his Marantz pm5003, and convinced him to keep the t7 tuner rather than buy a matching tuner for his amplifier. Yes, I'm a 13 year old PC builder and someone who is super ocd when it comes to sound and equipment.

@jameshughes1574 4 года назад

Love the setup, keep up with the very informative videos, 👏

@ebuff57 10 лет назад

It's fun seeing this stuff again. Thanks for "stepping backwards".

@ishtiaqrazzak3275 10 лет назад

Love your music choice! Paris and The Doc! Classic hip hop! Personally, Paris' 'Sleeping with the Enemy' album is my favourite. Ice T Rhyme Pays.... Another classic! Keep doing what you do!

@beerman1957 10 лет назад

Great video! The two meters on the cassette player was certainly weird, but it should be good to look at and remember "back in the day".

@bagster7879 8 лет назад

Your channel has become one of my favorites to watch. I've actually been on the fence about getting a new Cassette Deck, and this video just pushed me over. I've still got a number of tapes, and here in The States you can find them for next to nothing at second hand stores.

@warbler4 7 лет назад

this video inspired me to actually go out and buy a jvc kda7, should be here by the end of the week, might have to get it serviced though, the guy said it had never been opened up

@luizdemarco99 6 лет назад

jesus christ, your collection's pure gold

@mickschnabel 3 года назад

I know I'm SUPER late to the game on this video, but just getting back into cassettes (I'm 45 years old now) and I'm re-buying all my favorites again. I see you have similar taste! with the Ice T, Big Daddy Kane, EPMD (my all time favorite) etc. I also love metal/rock etc., but I love your taste! (and your videos obviously) ALSO, take a look at how much that Rolling Stones BD goes for now!!

@graemekornicki6810 2 года назад

Give me analogue cassette tapes any day if looked after they will out last cd recordings, l have tapes now 40 years old and still cound good they are tdk fuji maxell chrome.

@SammeLagom 10 лет назад

I really like your setup. I dream own owning such a collection of gear to.

@Greeceindirestraits 9 лет назад

Yes, most of those can be found cheaply on CDs, if you care to replace them, but I have to digitize my compilations of the time. They were done without a mixer, just pressing un-pause at the exact right moment.

@SyncroScales 7 лет назад

Good video. To digitize analogue sources in high quality it takes more work, but the quality is great.

@steadfastcoward 8 лет назад

I've spent 35 years sort of one upping you ;-) and I did it with more than a few thrift store and eBay as well as local classified ads and the reliable friends in forums. I've owned the H-R99 AND 100 (Dolby B), 3 SX-3600 receivers as you have, TWO SX-D7000s! Cassettes were my best friend so I have plenty of those, new old stock even. I topped your Akai reel deck with the GX-636, have to fix Pioneer RT-707 and 909 but that just gives me more time with my Revox A 77 (shrugging shoulders), Now I'm not so much of a spiteful braggart, no, not at all...it's just too damned fun! PS JVC made some really SOLID gear back then.

@kennynvake4hve584 4 года назад

I had the JVC-KD-D50 with the same display...and it never failed...I loved it...I think I got it around mid 80's, maybe later...full logic...just lightly touch the play..and it was off...playing perfectly...and not today I won online a JVC- TD-W354BK, for around $28 usa...Im sure it was more than I should pay, but it has music search, and dual servo motor drive.

@garysatellite6952 4 года назад

love the Retro Style ... LOOKS GREAT..

@OolinJ 7 лет назад

Mr Techmoan we would enjoy a long drive with all that awesome music on tapes you have I had all those at some point I'm jealous. Great videos You should do a video about your music collection

@dana.1546 3 года назад

Nice collection of hi-fi materials. And a nice trip to memory lane too. I just love all that silver equipment. But as you said, the only thing that's missing in there (according to me) is Mini Disc. I have a DCC recorder too (as well as a portable one) but as soon as I got my hands on MD equipment, I was very much less fascinated by DCC myself. I only bought DCC first 'cos the prices dropped first on DCC but my real goal was always to aim at Mini Disc. :)

@dana.1546 2 года назад

@@electrictroy2010 Yes CD was lossless but when Mini Disc appeared in 1992 Recordable CDs were either non existant or very expensive. And good MD players were really shock proof when CD players, not so much. You could record concerts and edit songs seemlessly like in a recording studio, etc. the appeal of MD at first was very strong and recorders were cheaper than DATs.

@lindaeasley4336 5 лет назад

Your 1980s tape collection : American hip hop . Mine ( American ) Brit synth pop bands

@knate44 2 года назад

"I don't have that much interest in minidisc" Fast-forward 7 decades and he is playing the Minidisc lottery.

@Applecompuser 4 года назад

If I were to ever play cassettes (I cant think why), I’d rather have the sliding drawer. The VU meters however are nice on your newer model. As always, regards from the States. Love your channel!

@DriveupLife22 3 года назад

Hey! The Project RPM 1.3 Genie is the progenitor of my turntable the RPM 3. Nice choice!

@Guovssohas 3 года назад

Great collection dude. Many hiphop classics.

@dwoodog 8 лет назад

Very nice set up. One thing you don't have in the setup which always fascinated me and I'm pretty sure sony even made a portable one is a DAT player/recorder. If you ever get one would like to see a review.

@KingOrest 6 лет назад

I probably should just buy a cassette player, but my old man wants them digital, so I have to convert them. BTW - great video! Love them! I find them enjoyable to watch, listen to, and very educational!