[Lurker0918]

I'm fairly certain the guys at Schiit made their opinion on cassettes/tapes clear, so not holding my breath on a new Schiit tapedeck, but I thought this article in the Wall Street Journal was amusing. Unfortunately, it's behind a pay wall:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/casset...t-there-s-a-kink-nobody-makes-tape-1509723435

Not sure anyone even has a tape player anymore!

 

[sublime9]

You really like my avatar. Last time you guessed she's my mom. So don't you dare ask if she's wearing disco shorts.

Everyone likes your avatar.

 

[KoshNaranek]

Everyone likes your avatar.

 

[wink]

Believe me. There are people posting things on this forum that are really weird.

Yeah, especially the more explanatory ones like this:-

 

[wout31]

I'm fairly certain the guys at Schiit made their opinion on cassettes/tapes clear, so not holding my breath on a new Schiit tapedeck, but I thought this article in the Wall Street Journal was amusing. Unfortunately, it's behind a pay wall:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/casset...t-there-s-a-kink-nobody-makes-tape-1509723435

Not sure anyone even has a tape player anymore!

A good friend of my nephew, Thomas Baur, recently acquired a complete audio cassette production plant in the Netherlands and has given it a new life.
Production runs on a 27 year old original Philips production machines.
You can see his work at http://www.debandjesfarbriek.nl
https://www.maxvandaag.nl/sessies/themas/media-cultuur/tweede-leven-voor-het-cassettebandje/
I'm afraid the whole site is in Dutch, but if you open the site in Chrome browser you can activate Google translate and get a grasp of what it's all about.
Short: custom production of 2 types of audio cassettes (ferro and chrome) in specific lengths.
The cassette tape is like the Compact disk an invention of Dutch Philips engineer Lou Ottens. OIttens was personally present when the production plant was re-opened recently.

I just last month sold my cassette player/recorder on Catawiki auction site.
Sold the Pioneer CT-95 for a very good price, just short of $ 1,000.00
My version was the chrome one, if it was champagne colour the price would have been 50% higher.



Cassette tape and player is like iPod and MP3, nothing to do with Hi-fi or audio quality, but everything with ease of use and portability.

 

[US Blues]

I'll strip it from the naughty bits and post it for all our education.
Again my thanks to Scott.

Edit: This was the part that got me over the line (edge..)
"Using Freya as a preamp definitely improved the overall sound of my system. I ran fully-balanced from Yggy to Freya to Rag. With Freya I found a more spacious soundstage, more detail, and overall my system sounded more like live music. I play congas in a band with friends so I am very familiar with voices, acoustic and electric guitars, live bass and keyboards, percussion and cymbals- the Freya/Ragnarok combo delivered my music collection in a way that felt clearly closer to the real thing than Ragnarok alone. I am using a set of new production Tung Sol 6SN7 tubes in my Freya, no esoteric NOS stuff at ridiculous prices".

The "naughty bits" include the section where I raved about the need for two Vidar's.

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

Ooooh.... Disclosing on our secrets.
Indeed two Vidars which I can't afford unless I rent out my cathedral of a body.

 

[US Blues]

Ooooh.... Disclosing on our secrets.
Indeed two Vidars which I can't afford unless I rent out my cathedral of a body.

Perhaps Constanza can take up modeling.

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

Then she gets rich and throws me out.....

 

[Delirious Lab]

Nah. She will be able to afford more human servants, and will realize the extra comfort that two Vidars provide!

Next thing you know she will buy a bed made entirely of Yggdrasils.

 

[slefty]

Roy Gandy might not agree

Roy expected you would use one of his cartridges. That is why there are aftermarket VTA bases for Rega tonearms.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

I think we can leave cassettes out of any potential future product mix.

Talk to Mike, maybe you can convince him to do a CD player.

 

[aamefford]

I think we can leave cassettes out of any potential future product mix.

Talk to Mike, maybe you can convince him to do a CD player.

Wow - I think you just hucked Mike under the bus....

 

[liquidsmote]

Aw Schiit... I was planning on buying just one Vidar... that link just cost me another $700!

Do you drive a Polestar? It did say if you don't mind your old Camry ... that you're probably OK with just one Vidar.

I had a WRX but upgraded to an STI ... so I also understand his buy low then upgrade philosophy.

LOL, the car analogy was a good one in that review.

 

[liquidsmote]

New review of the Schiit Freya by Steven Guttenberg on CNET:

https://www.cnet.com/news/how-can-technology-this-old-sound-this-good/

How can technology this old sound this good?
The totally tubular Schiit Freya stereo preamplifier is hot stuff.