I needed to remove the battery from the MPU (main processing unit) on my A810 which had corroded heavily, and I needed to replace some components and try to remove the corrosion from the PCB. Anyone in a similar situation... fiberglass brush! Very handy. Fired the unit up again yesterday for the fir...

I'm trying to hack a cassette deck to get a "free" tape delay unit. killed something on the damn thing pretty much the first thing I did, but we'll get past it, it already has a variable motor speed which I'm going to use a vactrol or possibly an OTA to get voltage control. Also need to co...

ugh... stupid clap.

tape is 50% of the sound of good dub techno, I'm convinced of it.

it's not just a discussion of the truth. His opinion is clearly biased and his choice of data is weighted in favour of what he wishes to show. He says that bit depth is just related to noise floor, that is not physically true. (lol, don't think the above post was replying to me! who's biased now :) )

That guy in the video is a know it all moron with his ego overgrowing around his head and taking over his ears. Yes, you learnt to please your teacher and can now recite the Latin alphabet in full. Now, how does that apply to reality? Bit depth isn't just noise floor.

also try changing the cassette you are using... different tape formulas sound different. Most older tape is going for silly money on Ebay as the collector audiophile market is very high. You might be able to grab a bargain though. try these instead. http://nationalaudiocompany.com/ https://tapeline....

take off any noise reduction (Dolby)... I've tried them all and they're all sh!t. Just crude compression and expansion. Turn the level down and get the bias settings exactly right. Much easier to do if you have a 3 head deck and you can monitor the recorded material live. Probably you will want to g...