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Subject: Re: car stereo, et al ..
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Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 15:20:37 EDT
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>    Other warnings about the Alpine decks:  one person reported that
>his Alpine 7263 would not play about 1/3 of his pre-recorded tapes,
>but played home-made tapes (i.e. Maxells, TDKs) with no problem.  Another
>person liked the Alpine decks, but has had three stolen from his car,
>which has deterred him from buying Alpine since.
 
Outside of some of the classical labels that take pains and time to make a 
good product, most commercial labels make cassettes using the cheapest 
materials they can lay their hands on.  A couple of years ago, a friend 
gave me a copy of Alan Parsons' "Eye in the Sky" on cassette.  I already 
owned an LP of the album, so I decided to do a little test.  I made a copy 
of the album onto a TDK SA-90 using Dolby B noise reduction.  (The 
prerecorded cassette also has Dolby B.)  The TDK copy won hands down.  
The prerecorded tape had many defects: hiss, lack of high frequency 
response, poor dynamic range, and a low signal level.

While I am aware that some companies are attempting to improve the quality 
of their prerecorded products, the vast majority of popular music cassettes 
these days are still made with little eye to quality.  I refuse to buy 
prerecorded cassettes, preferring to buy either the CD or the LP of a work 
and copy it to cassette.  

Nobody asked... just my opinion.

John Francini

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