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Re: [ARSCLIST] Dual Cassette conundrum
At 03:57 PM 6/6/2006, Klara Foeller wrote:
Hello all,
Our oral historian just called me to tell me that his 12 year old,
Sony TC-WR545 dual cassette recorder is not recording Channel
2. The player module is reading the second channel audio, but the
recording module isn't. My dam silly idea was that a capstan might
be dirty somewhere, but other than that lame suggestion, I have no
idea what's with the machine. I did ask if he had a manual (of
course not) and suggested an upgrade of equipment.
Any bright ideas anyone?
Hello, Klara,
Sadly over the last 15 years or so, it seems the quality of the
available cassette machines has fallen.
I would look for a good player and a CD writer to replace the
cassette copying. Cassettes are a dying format.
Tascam has a good CD writer from what I understand. (Even the one I
liked was discontinued by Sony--stand-alone CD writers are also
semi-endangered it seems.)
A really good cassette playback machine is a much harder choice. I
use Nakamichi Dragons and they do sound wonderful, and you think
you're getting as much as possible off the tape. Again, there are
offerings still in the Tascam lineup, and I would look there.
There might still be a dual-well Tascam.
But, I would get a Dragon or two off eBay, have it serviced, and get
a pair of the Tascam CD writers and every time you wanted to copy a
cassette, make two CD-R copies on gold phthalocyanine dye discs.
You could put a computer in the process, but there is more of a
learning curve to that.
Cheers,
Richard
Richard L. Hess email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX
Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.