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#1 BenF

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 07:48 AM

You know the things I mean? We used to get albums on them, or (probably illegally) record music on them - on a C60, C90 or C120.

I have about 120 of them and have not played them for about 5 years. I am thinking of ditching them.

Anyone out there actually use them still?

(I wonder if some of our younger members have never seen them?!)

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 07:51 AM

Only time I ever see them anymore is when ones spread over the A1 for a few hundred yards.

I do know a PP'er that still has them in her Kat though, and loves them!

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 08:11 AM

I binned a load a few months back... still kept a couple for sentimental reasons - though I have absolutely nothing to play them on now!

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 08:21 AM

The old fiesta that Pumanurse runs to work has an original cassette player so yes, we still use them.
The XR didn't have the original Ford stereo in and I have replaced that one with one that plays wma files, so that I can make CDs with about 200 tracks on them.

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 09:35 AM

I still play the odd cassette ,there are certain mix tapes that i made when i thought i would be the Romford's answer to grandmaster flash,that you can't tranfer to CD.It's even got an interlude during one mix with my mum coming in to tell me to clean my room which really isn't ghetto cool...At my college one of the lecturers Howard spent 10,000 investing in laser disk equipment a week later they brought out the smaller compact version,it's only referered to now as Howards folly.

#6 BenF

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 10:46 AM

ouch

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 12:40 PM

I disposed of several thousand a couple of years back, checked all had been 'backed up' by CD before doing it though.

I loved when they brought out C100 length tapes, at last you could fit an album on each side

Used to be heavily into the tape thing...azimuth and bias adjustment, close loop capstans, 3 second gaps for APS systems and all that malarkee. Remember having to set manual recording levels (auto record level was for sissies

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#8 BrilliantBrunette

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 12:42 PM

I have G N' R Live Era '87 - '93 on cassette and can't be @rsed to get it on CD. I listen to it when i'm doing my hair

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 12:48 PM

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I have G N' R Live Era '87 - '93 on cassette and can't be @rsed to get it on CD. I listen to it when i'm doing my hair

Long tape then Nat?

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 12:49 PM

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Long tape then Nat?

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 12:54 PM

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#12 BrilliantBrunette

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 01:02 PM

There's 2 cassettes, with about 6 songs on each side so I think 24 songs in total

bloody good album, i'd be lost without it

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 02:31 PM

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I have G N' R Live Era '87 - '93 on cassette and can't be @rsed to get it on CD. I listen to it when i'm doing my hair

Ooooh, that's a bit of a blast from the past. Think I might have that somewhere on MP3. will have to have a look tonight on the PC. Got an MP3 CD years ago at uni that was most of the albums they released. can't remember if that was on it though....happy days

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 02:43 PM

Happy days indeed Mort!! Nearly cried when I lost it!!

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 02:46 PM

Who uses tape? ... Meeeeeeeee!

I have loads of bootlegs that I havent transferred, plus my Pus so old it didnt have a cd player as standard (the test model I drove had a cd that jumped everywhere and it put me off)

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 03:09 PM

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And wasn't it great when three head decks came out and you could monitor level whilst setting it? Ah, happy days....

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:58 PM

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And wasn't it great when three head decks came out and you could monitor level whilst setting it? Ah, happy days....

Yep...I used to have a list of settings for different tapes so I could adjust bias and sensitivity for each one. After calibration you'd have to rewind and take the tape out and manually turn it past the leader tape to just before the recordable section...

My favourite tapes were metal Denon HD100, they took punishing bass and recording levels. I never used Dolby NR, being a bit of a purist

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