551rcg@hound.UUCP (R.GANNS) (06/22/84)
First a word of thanks to those who sent me suggestions on how to deal with a problem tape. My next question (you may have gathered by now that I know little about tape recording gear) is: I am considering taping all of my LP albums onto cassettes, so as to reduce the weight and bulk of music collection. I tried this about 15 years ago with a portable Sony stereo cassette recorder, and had mixed results. At that time, I was not aware of the need to properly demagnetize heads, so that undoubtedly caused some of the failures to get good recordings. My big question: is this a good idea? What brands of tape should I use? Who makes a compact but good quality cassette recorder? I am interested in something that would not take up much room, as I intend to install it on a cruising sailboat. I would like something that does a good job of recording and playing back, but I don't need a lot of sophistocated features. I will probably run two speakers off of it. It might be nice if it had an integral AM/FM radio, but not essential. It would also be nice if it could run off 12V dc current. Comments appreciated. Rich Ganns hound!551rcg (201) 949-0315