How much longer for compact cassette tape?

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I stopped at two "Big Box" electronic stores. They only had Normal bias
tape. I found Sony brand High bias tape at a Kmart. Hopefully it is as good
as the Maxell I used to buy.

All this makes me wonder how long cassett tape has? It is my best way to
make quality stereo recordings with microphones. All the digital stuff is
expensive and the consumer stuff is junk or has noisy mic amps.
John

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On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 18:59:23 GMT, "JohnR66" <nospam@att.net> wrote:

>I stopped at two "Big Box" electronic stores. They only had Normal bias
>tape. I found Sony brand High bias tape at a Kmart. Hopefully it is as good
>as the Maxell I used to buy.
>
>All this makes me wonder how long cassett tape has? It is my best way to
>make quality stereo recordings with microphones. All the digital stuff is
>expensive and the consumer stuff is junk or has noisy mic amps.
>John
>

You might check music stores like MediaPlay or Virgin Megastore. I
know Virgin carries high bias tapes (TDK "pro", possibly others). Sony
wasn't one of my favorites, as I recall.

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Because the cost of recording CD disks is so low, and the quality is so
high, the popularity of cassette tape is dying. In a few years it is going
to be extinct. I am seeing new integrated systems coming out, that no longer
have cassette tape capability, but CD is standard.

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JANA
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"JohnR66" <nospam@att.net> wrote in message
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> I stopped at two "Big Box" electronic stores. They only had Normal bias
> tape. I found Sony brand High bias tape at a Kmart. Hopefully it is as
good
> as the Maxell I used to buy.
>
> All this makes me wonder how long cassett tape has? It is my best way to
> make quality stereo recordings with microphones. All the digital stuff is
> expensive and the consumer stuff is junk or has noisy mic amps.
> John
>
>

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JohnR66 wrote:
> If I could get digital recording media for location recording that sounds as
> nice at such a low cost, I'd consider switching.
> John
>
> "JANA" <jana@ca.inter.net> wrote in message
> news:3d2pb5F6ph469U7@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>Because the cost of recording CD disks is so low, and the quality is so
>>high, the popularity of cassette tape is dying. In a few years it is going
>>to be extinct. I am seeing new integrated systems coming out, that no
>>longer
>>have cassette tape capability, but CD is standard.
>>
>>--
>>
>>JANA
>>_____
>>
>>"JohnR66" <nospam@att.net> wrote in message
>>news:fWwae.632860$w62.329547@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>
>>>I stopped at two "Big Box" electronic stores. They only had Normal bias
>>>tape. I found Sony brand High bias tape at a Kmart. Hopefully it is as
>>
>>good
>>
>>>as the Maxell I used to buy.
>>>
>>>All this makes me wonder how long cassett tape has? It is my best way to
>>>make quality stereo recordings with microphones. All the digital stuff is
>>>expensive and the consumer stuff is junk or has noisy mic amps.
>>>John
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
You should look at professional minidisc recorders. They tend to cater
more to professionals . . .hence the name Now, as digital recorders
go, you should be able to easy find high quality unit. For example, I
have an iriver flash player unit with voice recording capability. The
audio recording capability using it's built-in mic is astounding. I was
just looking for adequete. At its highest quality setting you get full
frequecy response etc. For professional recording, you may want somethin
g a little more, ther must be a mic pre-amp available that will bring up
a pro mics signal to line level. If that's the case, combine with a pro
mic, the flash player, and the mic pre-amp connecting between the mic
and the line-in jack on the flash player, you would get very high
quality stereo recordings. If the mic preamp is small enough, both the
flash player and amp could fit in your shirt pocket. My flash player is
the size of 3 AA batteries wrapped togetherby a rubberband.

Hope this helps.

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