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  • oddoneout
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    • Nov 2015
    • 9141

    Originally posted by underthecountertenor View Post
    Petroc has just said, with evident pleasure, that ‘rumour has it’ that R3’s own newsreaders will be back from Easter.
    I heard that and thought "let's hope so". In the spirit of constructive engagement do you think we could suggest that Clare Runacres might like to do a slot occasionally? She made a favourable impression on those of us who heard her.

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    • kernelbogey
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 5735

      Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
      ...In the spirit of constructive engagement do you think we could suggest that Clare Runacres might like to do a slot occasionally? She made a favourable impression on those of us who heard her.
      .... not forgetting the Danielle Jalowiecka fan club too...!

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      • oddoneout
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        • Nov 2015
        • 9141

        Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
        .... not forgetting the Danielle Jalowiecka fan club too...!
        http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...light=danielle
        She's already part of the R3 team. Ms Runacres stood out (a long way) from the ruck of other readers in the 'emergency' version of news that we've been having, but isn't one of the R3 stable.

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        • kernelbogey
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          • Nov 2010
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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22114



            Petroc also drew attention to the above this morning.
            The cassette era was great and I loved making tapes from radio and everyth8ng else that went with them. I always thought that as a Philips invention they could have produced cassettes with better mechanisms. Japanese cassettes were always the best, and unfortunately use of not very good tape in dodgy cases did not help sales of cassettes - EMI were particularly bad and were really shown up by companies such as Chandos who used Japanese - can’t remember which but were either TDK or Maxell.

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26523

              Ah the old Maxell MX-90s

              For special occasions.

              TDK AD-90s for everyday use.

              The regret that TDK AD-120s had tape which was too thin to be reliable...

              I don’t miss those days


              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e-dies-aged-94

              Petroc also drew attention to the above this morning.
              The cassette era was great and I loved making tapes from radio and everyth8ng else that went with them. I always thought that as a Philips invention they could have produced cassettes with better mechanisms. Japanese cassettes were always the best, and unfortunately use of not very good tape in dodgy cases did not help sales of cassettes - EMI were particularly bad and were really shown up by companies such as Chandos who used Japanese - can’t remember which but were either TDK or Maxell.
              "...the isle is full of noises,
              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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              • Bryn
                Banned
                • Mar 2007
                • 24688

                Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
                Ah the old Maxell MX-90s

                For special occasions.

                TDK AD-90s for everyday use.

                The regret that TDK AD-120s had tape which was too thin to be reliable...

                I don’t miss those days
                I found Maxell UD120s pretty reliable. The unusual length of the Fuji FX80s were useful, on occasion.

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                • vinteuil
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12782

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                  ... Lou Ottens, creator of the cassette tape [1926-2021]. At least he lived long enough to C90

                  .

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                  • Roslynmuse
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                    • Jun 2011
                    • 1235

                    Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
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                    ... Lou Ottens, creator of the cassette tape [1926-2021]. At least he lived long enough to C90

                    .


                    Very good!

                    I still have 100s (literally) of cassettes knocking around. Many contain pieces or performances not otherwise available, and although the sound quality is variable (depending as much on how the FM reception was at the time) the best are still more than acceptable. I did make a start on transferring some special ones a while back but it is time-consuming, not least because one has to be there in real time to watch out for the occasional tangle...

                    If I were to look for a new cassette deck now (my current one is getting on for thirty years old) where would be best to look? Any recommendations?

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                    • antongould
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8778

                      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
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                      ... Lou Ottens, creator of the cassette tape [1926-2021]. At least he lived long enough to C90

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                      Wonderful vints .........

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26523

                        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                        .

                        ... Lou Ottens, creator of the cassette tape [1926-2021]. At least he lived long enough to C90

                        .
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • teamsaint
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 25193

                          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                          .

                          ... Lou Ottens, creator of the cassette tape [1926-2021]. At least he lived long enough to C90

                          .


                          Very drolby
                          I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                          I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                          • cloughie
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2011
                            • 22114

                            Originally posted by teamsaint View Post


                            Very drolby
                            It B

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                            • cloughie
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 22114

                              Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                              I found Maxell UD120s pretty reliable. The unusual length of the Fuji FX80s were useful, on occasion.
                              The Agfa 90 + 6 was often a compromise to be sure that Heldenleben or Tchaik 4 5 or 6 when you knew the conductor might take things leisurely or a hot night at the Proms when the towel was needed between movements!

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                              • kernelbogey
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 5735

                                For me Breakfast is greatly improved by the news being restricted to one bulletin at 0800. One and a half hours of uninterrupted music till then is good. (I could do without the three residual weather forecasts, too.)

                                However, no doubt they will all be back once the news announcers can return. I assume five news bulletins is part of the breakfast schtick, in the view of the suits.
                                Last edited by kernelbogey; 18-03-21, 11:05.

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