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   Trevor to Dave Platt   
   Re: cassette conversion   
   02 Jun 18 16:00:24   
   
   From: trevor@home.net   
      
   On 2/06/2018 3:28 PM, Dave Platt wrote:   
   > Commercial pre-recorded cassette tapes were usually mass-produced   
   > using a thermal "printing" process which didn't result in terribly   
   > high fidelity... even if the tape is still in great condition and   
   > fully playable, it won't sound great by today's standards.   
      
   Hell *NO* cassette sounds "great by today's standards"! Only ones that   
   approached HiFi were recorded on, and played back on one of the better   
   Nakamichi's. Anything else is just not worth the effort now.   
      
   Trevor.   
      
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