TASCAM DA-20 mk II - powerful but still basic digital audio recorder
This time I'm testing Tascam DA-20 mk II, basic, but powerful DAT recorder with long play and recording function, and small nice orange display.
I believe this model was made for home use, even if I saw a couple of them with a rack, but there are no professional inputs and outputs, only standard RCA connectors. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyM5oH3gb4
SONY TC-W230 is a basic dual (double) cassette deck with Dolby B & C Noise Reduction, DC servo controlled motors with Normal or High speed Synchro Dubbing. It was equipped with liquid crystal peak level meter and simple mechanical counter for right (recording) deck. Transport is mechanical but trusty, the only inconvenience is that you'll have to manually select cassette tape types before playing or recording.
#sony #cassettedeck #hifi review
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5GH11dZHlA
This was my first proper, decent, legit, good, cassette deck, it was double deck AIWA AD-WX888. I tried to repair it, but it didn't work. It will be recycled.
It was a good looking plasticky cassette deck for that time, and it has Dolby B and C HxPro, Amorphous heads, quick auto reverse, separate bias knobs for normal and chrome tapes... and not do much in technical specification department.
Every time I have to recycle some equipment, I feel sad, but when you can't get the parts, or it's not financially reasonable... it has to go...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNb1jJjrssI
Ready to be repaired, it will play and fast forward, but no rewind.
TASCAM DA-30, you have 1 hour of music, and after that...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86J5ByQV6w8
To celebrate 1000 subs (THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!), I decided to treat myself with a new Unboxing Arturia KeyLab Essential 49 mk3 - MIDI Controller / Keyboard, and I will unbox it in this video. I know, it's not Cheap Old HiFi, but with it I can make HiFi music!
#arturia #keyboard #midi
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIyLRrSgkS0
Tascam DA-40 - Professional Digital Audio Tape Recorder, rare DAT that has it all, even a frame rate. I made a mistake when I said YouTuber who helped me was 20VoltVids, it's @12voltvids
@12voltvids
#tascam
#digitalaudiotape
#digitaltaperecorder
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AIWA AD-WX808 - one of the best dbx double auto reverse stereo cassette decks! Left dec is auto reverse playback, the right one also for recording. There's a DBX noise reduction and the sound is great !
#AIWA #doubledeck #dbx
Check out this fabulous AIWA cassette deck, the next one is AD-WX909 with 3 head, but before AIWA quit working o great cassette decks, this one was produced.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv-BfTQ61TA
Here we have one simple double recording auto reverse cassette deck by Kenwood. KX-W6050 comes with Dolby B & C with HxPro noise reduction systems and also normal and high speed dubbing option.
It has bright peak level meter with double digital counters, there's no calibration it bias knob, it all goes automatically.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcTqM1353Y0
Sony DTC-690 is one simple and good looking Digital Audio Tape recorder. It has nice A/D D/A converters, and you can record in long or standard mode. With LP, 2 hr tape becomes 4hr tape with some loss in found quality.
#sonydat #digitalaudiotape #datrecorder
This is more like a home machine, but I've seeing it in racks in some music studios, it was probably cheap and reliable, and best in its category.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMWGxlv7Yfo
This time we have one semi-pro Digital Audio Tape Recorder, Sony DTC-A8. It's coming with 4 direct drive motors, which means less belts, and a better mechanism.
We also have Super Best Mapping, I believe that I can hear that music sounds better with it, I would use it all the time, and you can find it also on the lower model A6.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMTlp5hbAv8