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Ralph Smeets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If you ever have a chance, listen to a Nakamichi Dragon deck with $25
>> blanks. I guarantee you'll hear a tape that sounds better than MD.
>>
>> Of course, it's still a cassette, though ;-)
>
>Well, my (very) old Tandberg 3-header was also capable of
>out-performing MD while using metal-tape.
>
>However, play a metal-tape 10 times, and the sound degrades. Play an
>MD 10 times.... Well, MD stays the same while tape changes over time.
>Even when it is just lying on the shelf.
>
>And price-performance? To use metal-tape and to listen to it, you
>need the best tape-deck in the world. Like the Nakomichi Dragon. But
>be prepared to pay more then for a normal MD-deck. Metal-tape
>walkmans exists, but are rare to find and also expensive. They are
>not as expensive as MD walkmans, but they are in the neighboorhood.
>And for cars... Well head-units for metal-tapes exists but again,
>they are expensive. And a good metal tape costs a lot more than a
>MD-blank.
>
>Add to that all the convinience of MDs (editing, random-access, size)
>and you'll see why tape is on its way out....
That's what I meant by "it's still a cassette, though" <grin> I'll take
MD over cassette any day of the week for any purpose. I'll take MD over
CD for anything portable. Just so no one doubts my passion for MD ;-) I
was just pointing out that the assertion that it's impossible for
cassette to sound better than MD is not correct.
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