Recent content by JCM800

Were chips involved on all the Dolby cassette stuff? Were they AD/DA'ing the audio?

Are alignment and azimuth adjustments on par with adjusting a turntable?

Fascinating! Appreciate the serious replies to a silly hypothetical.

Q: What makes tape mechs so complicated? I’m not suggesting they aren’t but they seem fairly basic - spin the pickup reel at a controlled speed and engage the reader head. Would it be feasible to create a whole new mech using modern tech? Surely we have modern motors and digital speed controls...

Well yeah, there is that. But of all the subjectivists he’s the only one I’ve seen stress repeatedly that the differences he describes are “minute at best” and that there are no “night and day” differences etc etc. He’s pretty practical about it all.

I enjoy Darko’s approach to things and am generally on board with this. Music > Mastering > Gear > Medium > Resolution

Yeah, those tapes I bought back when were always full of surface noise, pops, crackles, and inner groove distortion brand new out of the case. Oh wait, no they weren't... ;)

I'm thoroughly enjoying mine, even if I did overpay :) These are my 3rd Hidizs product and they're all great value for $ IMHO.

Ah-HA!!! I stumbled onto this purely by accident, and remember seeing it before. This is essentially what I want, @Fosi Audio (compact, minimalistic small footprint desktop player). Pay that designer and take my money :)

I'm of a certain age, so Chris Cornell and Layne Staley.

You're right — I forgot Fosi and Fiio (who made a cassette player recently) are two different companies

I'm glad to see they went through with this and went with a minimalist feature set. I'm considering buying one even with the W&F issues. And IMHO it looks way better that Sony player covered in whiz bang marketing graphics. And for all the cassette poo-pooers, I think egellings is right: Gear...

No, I want it to live on my desk Don't waste money on a DAC which is either going to be good and raise the price, or be crap to keep the price down Coax & optical; don't waste money on a headphone amp for reasons stated above If it doesn't add much to the cost, sure; I already have a drive for...

The Hidizs S9 Pro sounds great and mine survived a trip through the washer and dryer.

Glad it’s not just me. I can’t tell the diff between my magni 3+ (ss) or vali 2 (tube).