Marantz SD-57 Tape Deck Review 

That almost made me crave a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal. I recently got a very nice TEAC V-6030S cassette deck on eBay that has 3 heads, Dolby S and HX-Pro. It was a Japan model in mint condition with all new belts and it was not inexpensive. You got a great deal.

I finished restoring 4 of my own tape decks two Yamahas K-350 and K-850, Nakamichi RX-202 and a Vector Research VCX-300. They sound wonderful!

0:10 I'm knocked out :D 3:11 I love your sense of humor. It has reached a new level.

Again another fab review

You Are The Best !😀😀😀. Love the opening , “Punches” , Good job..

I've a pioneer and aiwa and love them 3 head decks, I've also a dual deck Sony with auto reverse, sounds great

This reminds me I dug my Sony mini disc player out of the loft a while back and it still sounds so good today. I thought it sounded better than streaming from my iPhone.

I miss my technics cassette deck. I loved it

Also have aiva cx 80mz cassette reciever with bbe processing very interesting sound enhancement

Turntables & cassette decks are right up my alley! I have a brand new (old stock) Sony dual cassette deck myself! By the way, I just ordered a set of "Worlds best cables" for my system on YOUR advise! lol Love the channel ol' buddy! 💯👏🏼👍🏻

Decks of 1987-1995 period from Aiwa, Sony, A&D with a frequency response of 15-21000Hz sounds phenomenal, for high-quality recording it is better to take them, or something from Nakamichi. Marantz SD-57 produces 25-18000Hz, and it seems to me that the recording without Dolby would be better, but with Dolby S it sounds blurry.

I have older marantz sd with b and c and also sound is sweet

Sounded very decent fairplay. I had a e taoe decks back in the day two from the 80's and one mid /late 90's Sony 909es which had dolby S. Beautiful nachine. I still preferred my Aiwa 3 head ADF990 from mid 80's, though it was a devilishly complex machine which had the most amazing auto calibration system I have ever used, including vs Nakamichi. That deck could go toe to toe with the Nak's in my view. I rarely used Dolby because the S/N ratio was so good with chrome and metal on that deck that it always sounded better without it. It could even fool some people that a good Ferric tape was a Chrome. You could really push the saturation points of tapes. I had the gorgeous Sony machine from staff sales in Bridgend and bought a wack of Sony super metal ceramic master tapes cheap as chips in the staff shop, Still have a fair few. although was also a fan of Teac That's , Maxell and TDK MAXG 's as well as TDK Chrome. I'd so love another Cassette deck they can sound very very good, in fact so many people underestimate how good. Your Marantz just proved it. Top end machines now sell for stupid money. To think I let a working ADF990 out for the junkman. What a plonker I was. Because of that dumb error, I now tend never to part with my Gear. Getting pressure from my better half though!

Good morning! Love my tape decks. It’s as you say about the media, watching the tape spoils move at different rates. Seeing the meters respond to the music. More bling colour the better! If you can try recording with the different Dolby settings. See if you prefer one against the other or non? What tape did you use? Great video. Keep them coming!

So, it's all very nice, but will we ever see your record, tape and cd collection?

It's nice to have physical media. With streamer, when you stop paying, you are left "empty-handed". I have everything from a fm and dab radio, a turntable, a CD player and of course a streamer, because I have to keep up with progress, because I don't live in a cave.

Not bad at all 😎👍

Hi Mart. Was that a metal tape used in the recording, or a type 1 or 2?

You better try without Dolby. On my Denon double recorder deck that I had many years ago, the sound was better without Dolby.

Yep! Next question! 😊👍 why do you think VHS died 😉

That thumbnail 😂

Well I must be a fool. I got hold of a a couple of Luxman cassette decks (free) including a K 105 that I have sent in for repairs. Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still have a DAT and DCC unfortunately they both need repair

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The elf on the shelf thing was rubbish