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Post by mikazsever on Aug 16, 2022 17:37:18 GMT -5
Dungeon Synth is a pretty cassette-heavy genre. What kind of hardware do you use to listen to cassettes? Personally I use a Panasonic RQ-P30 since I couldn't afford a Walkman lmao. I also recently picked up an Optimus SCT-86 at a thrift store but I need an amplifier to listen to it.
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Post by VelvetDragonWitch on Aug 16, 2022 22:36:00 GMT -5
Dungeon Synth is a pretty cassette-heavy genre. What kind of hardware do you use to listen to cassettes? Personally I use a Panasonic RQ-P30 since I couldn't afford a Walkman lmao. I also recently picked up an Optimus SCT-86 at a thrift store but I need an amplifier to listen to it. For my cassettes I use a YAMAHA KX-W421. Has been in the house for years completely unknown to me until I was cleaning out the basement. Ironic since I was looking something to play my tapes and the gods answered. I had been using a VERY shitty portable player and it was on its last leg, you can only drop something so many times before it begins to resent you. For my CD's I use the YAMAHA CDC-775.
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Post by Daytol on Aug 17, 2022 12:55:20 GMT -5
^And on a side note, neat-looking room/dungeon!
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Post by matt on Aug 17, 2022 15:53:55 GMT -5
In my living room I have an early 90s Nakamichi DR-3 that you can still get for a pretty great price on the used market. 99% of the dungeon synth I've listened to has been played on this deck -- In my WFH office/den I just got a mid 90s Yamaha dual drawer KX-W10 from their "Classic Line" paired with its matching receiver, but I haven't hooked it up yet. This weekend! I have to do some rewiring --
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Post by engraven on Aug 17, 2022 21:00:20 GMT -5
Currently rocking a Nakamichi BX-100 that I picked up off craigslist a few months ago. It sounds amazing and records to the cobalt tapes I'm using flawlessly. A BX-210 just popped up on craigslist for basically same price I paid for the 100, which tempts me, but I don't honestly think it's worth it. I don't record with Dolby on anyway (unnecessary with cobalt), and I don't believe there's much more that separates the two than additional Dolby functionality on the 210.
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Post by engraven on Aug 18, 2022 11:42:19 GMT -5
Currently rocking a Nakamichi BX-100 that I picked up off craigslist a few months ago. It sounds amazing and records to the cobalt tapes I'm using flawlessly. A BX-210 just popped up on craigslist for basically same price I paid for the 100, which tempts me, but I don't honestly think it's worth it. I don't record with Dolby on anyway (unnecessary with cobalt), and I don't believe there's much more that separates the two than additional Dolby functionality on the 210. Additional in what way? Do you record straight to tape or in another way? What is the difference between Cobalt and Dolby? I am not familiar with either of them. Nah, I output through an audio interface to my tape deck so that I can record straight from my computer -- just hit record on the deck, wait a few seconds, then hit play on the audio file on the computer. Essentially, Dolby is a feature that most tape decks have that is intended to raise the signal-to-noise ratio so that the music can be heard over the tape hiss. You can choose whether to have Dolby on or off when recording or playing back a tape. What it actually does is changes/compresses the upper frequencies of the EQ to somewhat filter out the noise and enhance the frequencies where most 'music' happens. I just started using Cobalt tapes for recording, which are better than the standard Ferric tapes. With Cobalt (and Metal) tapes, the signal-to-noise is already quite pristine, and as long as you're recording from a decent deck onto them, there's really no need for using Dolby, and you benefit by having the EQ of your music left unchanged and exactly as you had intended. The Nakamichi 200 line is virtually identical to the 100 line except that it adds further Dolby functionality to playback and recording. There are 3 types of Dolby: A, B, and NR. I would need to look it up to remember precisely, but the 100 line is only able to record/playback 1 or 2 of those, while the 200 line is capable of using all 3. Assuming I've got all my facts straight, there really isn't any reason to upgrade to a 200 if I have no intention of using Dolby anyway. Something still makes me want to get it though haha, especially as it is for a reasonable price. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have both decks in case one or the other ever craps out on me or needs repairs/adjustments.
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Post by crystallogic13 on Aug 18, 2022 23:34:11 GMT -5
... Dolby .... With Cobalt (and Metal) tapes ... These words after all these years sound magical to me, of an era now lost in memory almost... I remember Dolby being used a lot in marketing back in the day Regarding the tapes, never hearf of Cobalt but I remember metal and chromium tapes being the best in the early-mid 90s when trying to make a copy of a CD... Which of course was ages better soundwise than the most people's 80s experience of making a copy of a cassette which was already a copy of another copy... Great times although today it's only digital for me, even suaff I buy in physical nowadays (CDs) are left shinkwrapped and I just listen digitally which is my personal preferred way (quality of life).. But I feel so much for the era and people still willing to experience it, great stuff, as great is by the way VelvetDragonWitch 's setup, very atmospheric and good looking, respect
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