[Harlequin]

Originally Posted by cleeds

It was a challenge to get up to 16 or 17 kHz on cassette, while reels could easily go above 20 kHz. And cassettes had virtually no headroom compared to a good reel machine.

Don't get me wrong - a well-made cassette on a fine machine could sound very, very good. But even the best cassette decks couldn't catch the better reel machines, ime.

Ahhhemm!

Sony EL-7 on thevintageknob.org


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