Want another cassette deck...heart set on a Yamaha K1000...

[Tankini]

Then you should have went with Yamaha and not Teac because all 4 of my dbx2 machines work flawlessly with both Dolby C and dbx. Your bad experience doesn't make it a factual problem. Furthermore, I recorded on 3 out of the 4 dbx2 equipped decks and I can play them across all 4 decks without issue. Maybe Yamaha just implemented correctly as I'm extremely impressed with it.

I've recorded all genres of music with these decks including classical and the results were stellar. If Yamaha specced their machines to record 20 to 20KHz, then they can do it.

Getting my learning on. Wow! What a great thread!! I'm gonna tag alone some here. Thanks for sharing!

 

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Anyone using the VHS hi fi medium for recording? Supposed to have better specs than any cassette deck and I bet a lot of us might still have one laying around somewhere. I have a 2013 Toshiba and I'm thinking that I might have to set it up just to see if it meets the hype.

The sound from HVS or Beta HiFi is very good, but it's not noise-free. Go ahead- it may need belts, though- it's old enough. I would recommend removing the cover before you try to play a tape, to make sure the take-up reel is working- if not, your Toshiba is going to 'eat the tape'.

 

[davidscott]

The sound from HVS or Beta HiFi is very good, but it's not noise-free. Go ahead- it may need belts, though- it's old enough. I would recommend removing the cover before you try to play a tape, to make sure the take-up reel is working- if not, your Toshiba is going to 'eat the tape'.

Thanks, since don't have anything to record, I'll probably just use it as a backup DVD player. Curious, is the HVS HiFi better than a top off the line cassette deck in your opinion?

 

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Thanks, since don't have anything to record, I'll probably just use it as a backup DVD player. Curious, is the HVS HiFi better than a top off the line cassette deck in your opinion?

The slow speed of cassette tape is the main reason they don't perform well in the high frequencies. I have seen many that were exceptional (meaning, they could record/play the range of human hearing or better at -20dB VU, but none couold do it at 0VU. One issue with VHS is the way the tape path stresses the bottom edge of the tape, which happens to be where the synch signal is recorded and needs to be constant. If it has stretched too much, dropouts and tearing of the image occurs. I would assume it messes up the HiFi audio since that's encoded by the video head drum.

 

[Tankini]

The slow speed of cassette tape is the main reason they don't perform well in the high frequencies. I have seen many that were exceptional (meaning, they could record/play the range of human hearing or better at -20dB VU, but none couold do it at 0VU. One issue with VHS is the way the tape path stresses the bottom edge of the tape, which happens to be where the synch signal is recorded and needs to be constant. If it has stretched too much, dropouts and tearing of the image occurs. I would assume it messes up the HiFi audio since that's encoded by the video head drum.

Good post! Thanks for your input on tape players. Always wondered why some of my VHS tape looked wobbly at the bottom of it.

My thoughts were maybe wasn't wound back tight enough. After many plays looked like well, like you stated. Many VHS tapes Memorex as an example would state, won't tear or stretch on packaging.

Anyone knows the life span of VHS tapes? I can research it, still have VHS home shot movie's + recorded movies.

 

[TLS Guy]

Thanks, since don't have anything to record, I'll probably just use it as a backup DVD player. Curious, is the HVS HiFi better than a top off the line cassette deck in your opinion?

The VHS decks with the audio heads spinning at right angles across the video tracks, that use a multiplex system as way better than any cassette deck and actually can compete with digital media.

 

[TLS Guy]

Good post! Thanks for your input on tape players. Always wondered why some of my VHS tape looked wobbly at the bottom of it.

My thoughts were maybe wasn't wound back tight enough. After many plays looked like well, like you stated. Many VHS tapes Memorex as an example would state, won't tear or stretch on packaging.

Anyone knows the life span of VHS tapes? I can research it, still have VHS home shot movie's + recorded movies.

Depends entirely on the brand, and comes down to the binder (glue) they used to adhere the magnetic particles to the tape.