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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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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.
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post.... not forgetting the Danielle Jalowiecka fan club too...!
http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...light=danielle
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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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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 Posthttps://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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Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View PostAh 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
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post.
... Lou Ottens, creator of the cassette tape [1926-2021]. At least he lived long enough to C90
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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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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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Originally posted by Bryn View PostI found Maxell UD120s pretty reliable. The unusual length of the Fuji FX80s were useful, on occasion.
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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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