rajiv@ur-helheim.UUCP (Rajiv Arora) (06/18/86)
Hi,
After much waiting and saving, I'm finally ready to buy
myself a decent cassette deck. Now, I seem to remember someone
not too long ago asking for recommendations about decks in the
$250-300 range (which is my budget), so if that someone has a
summary of responses that he/she could e-mail me, I'd be grate-
ful. In any event, let me solicit your advice:
I own a CD-only system and I want to get a good quality
deck to record borrowed CD's. Naturally, my first thought was
towards the venerable Nakamichis, but there are some problems.
The only one in my price range, the BX-125 (or is it 100? - I
forget), is a basic 2-head machine. While I don't give a damn for
bells and whistles in my equipment, I WOULD like a 3-head deck
with adjustable bias, to be able to try out formulations with
non-standard bias like the TDK HX-S. Now, here are my questions
and feel free to give me your subjective opinions, specially if
they're based on experience:
(1) How important do you consider 3 heads and adjustable bias
for my intended application?
(2) In your opinion, do you feel that the advantages gained
by buying QUALITY (i.e.NAK) offsets the sacrifice of the features
mentioned above?
(3) Any specific recommendations?
I'd really appreciate any help in this matter.
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Rajiv Arora
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In article <709@ur-helheim.UUCP> rajiv@ur-helheim.UUCP (Rajiv Arora) writes: > >Hi, > > After much waiting and saving, I'm finally ready to buy >myself a decent cassette deck.... > I own a CD-only system and I want to get a good quality >deck to record borrowed CD's. No specific deck rcommendations, but you may want to look for a DBX cassette deck because the DBX system allows you to record almost 80 DB of sound with very good signal to noise ratio. For those of you who are not familiar with DBX, the process logrithmically (sp?) compresses the signal during recording and decompresses it during play back. Since the compressed signal has very little dynamic range it can be recorded at a fairly high level, and thus the signal to noise ratio is very good. The Wumpus UUCP: {seismo,allegra,decvax}!rochester!ur-tut!aptr BITNET:aptrccss@uorvm PS: Check out the Stereo Shop locally (Rochester) for good prices on equipment.
paisley@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Scott Paisley) (06/25/86)
> In article <709@ur-helheim.UUCP> rajiv@ur-helheim.UUCP (Rajiv Arora) writes: > > > >Hi, > > > > After much waiting and saving, I'm finally ready to buy > >myself a decent cassette deck.... > > I own a CD-only system and I want to get a good quality > >deck to record borrowed CD's. > > No specific deck rcommendations, but you may want to look for a DBX cassette > deck because the DBX system allows you to record almost 80 DB of sound with > very good signal to noise ratio. For those of you who are not familiar with > DBX, the process logrithmically (sp?) compresses the signal during recording > and decompresses it during play back. Since the compressed signal has very > little dynamic range it can be recorded at a fairly high level, and thus the > signal to noise ratio is very good. > I agree very much. I have a Nak BX-1 (which is now the BX-100) and with that I have a DBX-40 encoder/decoder. This is the same DBX unit that is offered from DAK for $59.00. I ordered from them and received it about a week later! My college library also uses the Nak BX-1 and they have been over worked/used and still have not failed once. For the money the BX-100 is your best bet, and you can kick up to about 90db with the dbx box. As for only having two heads, I really can't see justification for the 3rd head for an adverage home system. If you decide to get a deck with dbx already built in, DO NOT get a Techniques deck. I have had one, (it failed after 2 years and 1 day) and several of my friends have HAD them, and they too died. Good luck on your quest! Scott Paisley