The TASCAM CD-A580 features CD playback, MP3 playback/recording, and cassette tape playback/recording all in one unit. It was previously also available as the TEAC AD-850 with minor differences noted in the video.
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@peacearchwa51034 жыл бұрын
As to why Dolby Labs abandoned manufacture and licensing of Dolby NR: For much of its history, Dolby Laboratories was a privately-held company. Ray Dolby was THE boss. After the year 2000, I would imagine that revenue from Dolby NR systems, whether licensed or manufactured to Dolby specs, plummeted. Dolby NR was no longer a profitable business line as everyone assumed that Analog tape recording was clearly on the way out, particularly in the professional arena. The professional Dolby NR systems were abandoned, but Mr. Dolby likely insisted that consumer Dolby NR remain available "as long as I am alive" or something like that. This isn't an unusual ask in a company with an iconic founder. In February 2005, Dolby Laboratories became a publicly-traded corporation. The real question then becomes: why wasn't the money-losing Dolby NR system eliminated sooner? My answer is: The company's iconic founder was still alive. Ray Dolby passed away on September 12, 2013. About for months later, licensing for all Dolby NR systems was terminated.
@tfwmemedumpster3 жыл бұрын
but i mean, how can they be losing money on selling a noise reduction algorithm? it couldn't be costing them more than a few dollars a year to have a piece of paper laying around with the algorithm and selling said piece of paper for X money to those that want it. it's not like they need to make anything. they just need to sell you the tech and a piece of paper saying "you're allowed to put this on your products for X amount of time". There are no manufacturing costs whatsoever, the algorithm already exists
@peacearchwa51033 жыл бұрын
@@tfwmemedumpster Agreed. When new corporate leaders assume command after the passing of the company's founder, they often start weeding out the low-profit product lines much loved by the company's now-deceased founder to focus their resources on "new and improved" technologies with potentially higher profit.
@felix_five3 жыл бұрын
She blinded me with Science
@Henrydrn13 жыл бұрын
@@tfwmemedumpster Someone had to manufacture the chips, and that costs money.
@GayDingo2 жыл бұрын
Might be coming back. The new TASCAM type 2 tape has the actual Dolby logo on the J Card.
@markshade83984 ай бұрын
Wow!!!! A regular full size cd/cassette deck that can record MP3 to a usb thumb drive!!!! Wow! I want one!
@irtbmtind894 жыл бұрын
TASCAM likely specifically mentioned classrooms and conferences in their literature because there is a lot of academic material sitting in libraries that's only on cassette (old interviews, lectures and field recordings would be a big thing), especially when you get into specialized fields. Being able to easily digitize tapes would be a bonus in this area too. And you might want to mention the Tanashin mechanism is the only tape mechanism still being made.
@ewigerschuler39823 жыл бұрын
B word where?
@jakublulek3261 Жыл бұрын
It is a bit of a nightmare in academic setting because formats come and go and you can find people that are chasing trends and want to "standartise" on one, future-proof format. My university choose DAT tapes in 1990s and used them until the last machine died in 2015. Nightmare to get anything from them, and nobody could service these machines over here, not even Sony themselves.
@hughjanus69754 жыл бұрын
Finally hit 100k subs, dedication has finally paid off. Congratulations.
@scottls4 жыл бұрын
I have enough tape decks and CD players to serve my needs, yet watching reviews like these still makes me think seriously about a new up-to-date model. Especially with a decent USB recorder! Thanks!
@DrCassette4 жыл бұрын
I am quite impressed with the CD and cassette parts, the cassette recordings off CD this Tascam made actually sound really good. Much better than the MP3 recordings in fact - why Tascam, whose products are aimed primarily at the professional market, could not include uncompressed WAV recording to me is a mystery. 128 kbit/s MP3 recording is just hopeless. Also it's nice to see the features of the cassette section. Automatic tape selection, tape counter, manual level control. The missing Dolby NR wouldn't be a problem for me as I don't use Dolby for my recordings, but it would certainly be possible to implement a "high cut" filter switch that has the same characteristics as Dolby B on playback - for old prerecorded cassettes that had Dolby B applied to them.
@vwestlife4 жыл бұрын
A few commenters mentioned that 128 kbps is the highest bitrate they can support without needing to implement Digital Rights Management (DRM), but I don't know if there's any truth to that or if it's just a guess.
@nickwallette62014 жыл бұрын
I dunno... Who would even enforce that? MPEG authority? Or Phillips / IEC? I tried finding some info but just got a ton of stuff about encoding and playing your own stuff.
@dlarge65024 жыл бұрын
@@nickwallette6201 I guess it would be the RIAA. TBH I think its limited to 128Kbs due to the USB 1.1 bandwidth.
@stevesstuff14503 жыл бұрын
Still sounds good though... it shouldn't be written-off as 'crap'. It's not... this player does a good job with MP3 encoding on its' recordings; VWestlife demonstrated an example..... did that sound bad? No. It's good, and is great for undisturbed long-play sessions, or for in-car use - if your car stereo as a USB port - my Toyota Auris does, and it sounds excellent...
@nonewanted3 жыл бұрын
@@stevesstuff1450 it didnt sound bad partly because youtube audio is encoded in a slightly more sofisticated 128kbps propietary codec
@classicgamereviews544 жыл бұрын
i bought a TASCAM CD-A500 from a thrift shop for $15 a few years ago because they thought it didn't work. it has got to be the best sounding cassette deck i have ever heard.
@Mildon443 жыл бұрын
reccently paid £160 for a 2nd hand CD-A500 fully working and I am completely in love with it!! its the first proper cassette player I've had, but I'm blown away However, the NR on side B of all my cassettes always sounds muddy, even when the tape is encoded with dolby B. So would that mean that the tape-head is slightly misaligned?
@alkestos2 жыл бұрын
@@Mildon44 yes
@Trance884 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad there's still a company that makes a good quality cassette deck in 2020. I wish someone would put this mechanism in a portable unit instead of those crappy ones.
@elk39094 жыл бұрын
build your own system than you can put what ever drive system you wan't in it
@elk39094 жыл бұрын
Building a cassette player is easy I've built several over the years
@NathanThePrezPretlow2 жыл бұрын
@@elk3909 Still using Heathkit...lol
@Rayhouse4 жыл бұрын
Congrats with the 100k! Greetz from The Netherlands.
@felix_five Жыл бұрын
I have just got the TEAC version of this on sale and this is a brilliant video. I have learnt so much about the unit thanks so much!
@CassetteComeback4 жыл бұрын
Nice review and Cheers for the shoutout. This seems decent enough. People often ask "What's the best deck for $xxx" and I usually respond that a deck that works as it should and you know it's history is more important than features. This seems to be of the same quality as we got in midi systems back in the day, in fact with the logic control is better than some I had. The problem is that the community who use cassettes, in 2020 are wanting old vintage for cheap or a new superdeck to appear. The only thing I don't like is there display, looks very cheap, but with that CD mech provenance, I think this is a nice entry point for those who who want to play physical media without going vintage or expensive and will be able to sell on if they decide to upgrade.
@nickwallette62014 жыл бұрын
I care a lot less about a CD’s transport than its DAC. About the only thing a transport can do is ensure a quality laser with good tracking and intelligent error recovery. But all of that has been refined and tightly integrated at this point, and if someone can make a CD ROM drive work at 52x, an audio CD at 1x is practically standing still. :-) I do miss those vacuum fluorescent displays though. LCDs just don’t look right in a hifi component.
@FSM_Reviews4 жыл бұрын
@@nickwallette6201 It depends. I think Sony's Hi-Fi stuff from around 2007-2010 had some pretty nice looking displays.
@mdavid19554 жыл бұрын
If Cassette decks are making a comeback..then the Japanese should start manufacturing one of their high quality cassette mechanisms again. Bring back Dolby NR!
@jiasunzhang80014 жыл бұрын
@Merv Stent Someone should just develop new technology of NR.
@oliwier000b4 жыл бұрын
@@nbrown5907 are you talking about you?
@FSM_Reviews4 жыл бұрын
@@nbrown5907 People aren't using analogue formats for good quality; they're using them for the sake of using them. For the appeal. For the street cred. For the novelty. So think before you write a reply.
@UrOpinionsSucc3 жыл бұрын
@@nbrown5907 you're full of shit. Tapes and vinyl both sound amazing
@boggisthecat3 жыл бұрын
Menace Gaming They sound different. They’re low-fidelity.
@kalonaklan4 жыл бұрын
An informative and enjoyable review, thank you. I purchased one of these six months ago for use with Klipsch R41PM’s and it’s working well.
@norwegianberserkerbear82274 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review! And thank you for finding Candy Apple Blue for me! I'm officially a fan now!
@theshadowman13984 жыл бұрын
Huge congrats on hitting 100K subs. Totally deserved
@chuckaluck123 Жыл бұрын
YASSSSS! We are here for the cassette deck! Love your show! Keep up the good work :)
@oliverlotus4 жыл бұрын
Love the video. And cassette decks. And your channel. Thank you!!!
@markallan4849 Жыл бұрын
Damn good review! I bought this unit 2 or 3 years ago. I learned some things I didn't remember seeing in the manual. Mine has been mostly sitting under a dust cover, but after your review, I think I'll move it from the living room to my office where it will get much more use. I've always loved the cassette tape, I still have 3 twenty count cases with all my BASF and Maxell high-bias recorded tapes from the mid-80s through the 90s. Believe it or not, they still sound just as good.
@johnbailey94084 жыл бұрын
This video is very informative 👌 I appreciate the detail you go into describing this deck as I have been thinking of buying this.
@BessieBopOrBach4 жыл бұрын
Classic content, Kevin. I loved the zing at the Stereophile review of the Marantz unit and the Oldsmobile jingle at the end.
@chrislj2890 Жыл бұрын
After buying an old deck on eBay that I had to return, I bought a new TEAC AD-850 based on this review, and I am not disappointed. I have no use for the USB, but recording to type 1 tape has given me excellent results whether from internal or external CD, vinyl or streaming. At this point one of my main goals is to stream and record Apple Music play lists of pop and rock from different years starting in the '60s. This way if I ever cancel my subscription I still have the music. For some reason listening to cassette or vinyl is a much more satisfying experience for me, plus it's fun just doing the recording. As for noise such as tape hiss, it is almost imperceptible to me and is absolutely not an issue, and I think it is overly exaggerated by the digitally brainwashed crowd.
@IgnacioSanchezWebDesign4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Very interesting. I think I'll buy one of those. Recording quality sounds awesome!
@MatrixAlphaCWX3 жыл бұрын
How is the recording onto Cassette's so far? Any good? : ) I'm interested in buying this for recording my 80's rock albums onto cassette i can't find. So i'd love to know your thoughts too.
@mickschnabel3 жыл бұрын
@@MatrixAlphaCWX you'd be surprised at what you can find on cassette, I have been rebuilding my collection now for a couple of months. However prices are slowly starting to soar. I'd much rather just find the tape then go through the trouble of having to sit there and put on an album, and sit all the way through it for each taped album.
@Gljin405094 жыл бұрын
I recently purchased a TEAC W-1200..I considered both the Teac and Tascam versions of these CD/Tape combo decks,but I have an ONKYO cd player that is less than a year old and I figured I would just stay with it.Great video,as always!
@erhanshukri3 жыл бұрын
Hello Gilbert! How are you satisfied with Teac AD850? how is the sound of the CD player? how is the deck?
@srijitofficial2 жыл бұрын
Feeling owesome to see ...new professional cassette decks .... coming to market 💥💥😍
@stomperthemixer14 жыл бұрын
awesome review buddy, I've just ordered and received all of these in the TEAC versions. I now have the Teac A-R650MK2 Stereo Full Amplifier, Teac W-1200(B) Double Cassette Deck, Teac Ad-850 CD Player along with the Audio-Technica AT-LP120X and the 2000 model Tech RW-D280 Dual CD Player. I'm going to build a HiFi rack for these soon and hopefully enjoy hours of retro style listening to my cassette and vinyl collection.
@ConsumerDV4 жыл бұрын
Could as well bought a Panasonic Cobra off eBay.
@stomperthemixer14 жыл бұрын
@@ConsumerDV Prefer brand new with that Retro look
@erhanshukri3 жыл бұрын
Hello Neil, I want to take Teac version. Are you satisficed? Are the Cd player good, the sound? Also want to know, does it playing burned CDs? Thanks, Erhan
@HeadsetGuy4 жыл бұрын
I was just talking to my parents about how "newer cassette decks are lower quality because they use a cheaper mechanism". I didn't realize better mechanisms were still being manufactured. Thanks for this, I'll have to keep something like this in mind for my collection! I'm trying to convert all my tapes to MP3s, and this would be a much easier and higher quality way to do that than what I was doing.
@michaelmartin90224 жыл бұрын
Maybe tape will have a revival like vinyl (nostalgia is stronger than logic and there's plenty wrong with vinyl, too, so never say never!) and really good mechanisms will start to be manufactured again. They'll probably cost a fair bit, though. As much as they did back in the day (adjusted for inflation), and then more on top because they'll have small production runs.
@PuffyRainbowCloud4 жыл бұрын
I suggest getting a good cassette deck (this one seems decent enough but you never know what the azimuth is going to be like on these) and a USB external sound card with line inputs. Record the tapes into Audacity and fix track names, normalisation, and anything else through there. You could even get rid of the tape hiss if you wanted. From Audacity you can export into almost any format you could imagine, anything from WAV to AAC. And best of all: regardless of what analogue audio equipment you want to capture from in the future this will work. I use a Soundblaster X-Fi HD.
@HeadsetGuy4 жыл бұрын
@@PuffyRainbowCloud My regular sound card has line-in, and I know all about Audacity (in fact, that's what I use for my tape conversions currently). I don't need my tapes to sound "perfect", just better than what my previous methods could produce: one cheap-o USB tape player from ION and one mono-only analog tape player/recorder (I can't remember the brand).
@Chiroman5273 жыл бұрын
@@michaelmartin9022 agreed on the old vinyl Craze. Playing my Old vinyl records, Doobie Bros, Beatles, etc., etc., compared to remastered CDs, there is no comparison IMO. cant comment any new vinyl pressings bc i wont buy those. Years ago when CDs first came out, yes they were very tinny sounding (play Springsteen Born in the USA on vinyl vs the first cut CD , the vinyl was much warmer and had more bottom). With the removal Of cassette deck from cars and a just few available in the market today , not so sure there would be a revival to Cassettes. But as you say, You Never Know..... The music industry needs to proport something to the market
@zulkarnin4 жыл бұрын
You did a fantastic review and demo of this cassette deck. Will done my friend
@Retroaria4 жыл бұрын
Amazing, 2 weeks ago I bough the TASCAM 202 MkV for 70 dollars on a fleet market at Seoul. I love it.
@gianlusc4 жыл бұрын
I always like your reviews! 🙂👍
@philipwest45534 жыл бұрын
I hope you're doing well with KZfaq because I enjoy the videos you make.
@SirJeff4 жыл бұрын
1:33 I like how the thing behind the remote faded out of existence
@vwestlife4 жыл бұрын
That was my Califone keyboard: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZeKaKyenZbFoKc.html
@KC4RAE4 жыл бұрын
That's certainly very nice. Almost makes me want to get one...if I only had cassettes. More CDs than I'll need, but I never play those either. CDs go into the computer and the CDs go back into the case. Great review!
@brit-in-czech3 жыл бұрын
Thinking about getting the TEAC. This video very helpful. Many thanks.
@jaysvintagerecordsandphono61844 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 100k subscribers!
@DRDCC4 жыл бұрын
Great Video. Congrats on the 100K subscribers.
@markrajfura44434 ай бұрын
Finally someone who knows what they are talking about and and doing some testing and measurments. It was very nice that you covered all of the basis of this device and mentioned the lack of Noise Reduction. I am buying this device to convert what tapes I have left to CD then will convert them to higher bit rate on my computer.
@moottori_paa4 жыл бұрын
That was really good review. Thanks!
@aperson69554 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 100,000 subscribers!
@hmodh40953 жыл бұрын
I love this cassette deck and that way you review.thank lots for up loading video
@Valnoten2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, it made me buy the Teac version :)
@JetmanUK11 ай бұрын
I have both the TEAC AD-850SE and the W-1200 and they are both great. Well done to TEAC/Tascam, you have done well with the components available. I purchased the AD-850SE first, I wanted a CD player so I bought it to get one and the MP3 plack/recording feature too. The cassette facility was a bonus as I knew I was going to buy a twin tape deck later too, but I also wanted to play around with the 850 tape deck to check out TEAC's quality. I was happy with it so I then picked up the W-1200 too. I am very happy with the quality, to me they both sound really good. Thanks for your videos on this range, they helpeed me buy both and I do not regret my purchases at all.
@andrewsalas1154Ай бұрын
Can you transfer the audio from your cassette to computer through the USB?
@scaryb69 Жыл бұрын
Cool Dude! You are making some cool and detailed vids on these players.
@huntercarver18514 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for something like this..
@frazzleface7533 жыл бұрын
Ha, I was just looking through some old car brochures the other day and now I come here and hear the 'Special feel of an Oldsmobile' that I read, come to life :)
@me33334 жыл бұрын
Oh your good, at the last minute I was scrolling down looking for the next video to watch and then bam, "There is a special feeling in Oldsmobile!" Of course I have to stay and listen that!
@tieline13334 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 100,000 Subscribers! Been subscribed under various different usernames since under 30K :)
@henson2k3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! I'm considering buying it now.
@brianbuddy2ACP4 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 100k man!
@davidtye42324 жыл бұрын
Great review. Glad I picked up a new Teac AD-800 a few years ago. Seems that the tape deck is better on that unit. Even has dolby nr, auto reverse. Keep your eye out for one of those to compare.
@richardisley90633 жыл бұрын
The TEAC version is barely 20 dollars less than this one on Amazon. Thanks for the video. Buying the Tascam.
@moottori_paa4 жыл бұрын
100K !!! Greetings from Finland!
@SDH20234 жыл бұрын
Awesome thorough review. Thanks. 😎👍🎸
@cigarobsession4 жыл бұрын
Gratz on the milestone!
@MinertheCrafty3 жыл бұрын
its always weird to see KZfaqrs you watch watching other KZfaqrs you watch... but really cool!
@madhuur80323 жыл бұрын
Pleesegiveme
@philiptaylor63892 жыл бұрын
i know I'm kind of off topic but does anybody know a good place to watch new movies online ?
@rigormortiz53572 жыл бұрын
@@philiptaylor6389 LOL
@DavidLGill4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this review. I bought the TEAC about six months ago, used it a few times, and then was really sad because I was frustrated by the mp3 quality (or lack thereof). Your video has helped me feel that I didn't waste my money even so.
@erhanshukri3 жыл бұрын
Hello David, I want to take Teac version. Are you satisficed? Are the Cd player good, the sound? Also want to know, does it playing burned CDs? Thanks , Erhan
@DavidLGill3 жыл бұрын
I'm pleased with it. It sounds great and does play burned CDs. It does not burn CDs, just so you know.
@erhanshukri3 жыл бұрын
@@DavidLGill Thanks David :)
@peacearchwa51033 жыл бұрын
In the early 1990s when equipment manufacturers were trying to launch the first digital recorders - Minidisc, Digital Audio Tape, Digital Compact Cassette and CD Recorders -- they were sued by record companies over possible digital-to-digital "piracy". Ultimately governments passed laws that manufacturers needed to prevent exact digital copies of copyrighted material. The choice was either SCMS or crippled lower-resolution digital copying output. Since there's a digital CD player, TASCAM limited digital output to 128mpps MP3. By contrast, the analog cassette-only 202 MkVII isn't restricted by those regulations. The 202 mkVII output is WAV which has much fuller digital sound than 128mbps MP3.
@StevenS7574 жыл бұрын
my question is "why doesn't Dolby license the NR technology anymore?" Do they hate money? I'm sure there's still tape deck manufacturers out there who would love to start offering it again.
@napomania4 жыл бұрын
collins : because there is no selling of those pre-recorded cassette anymore. no more gains with that standard
@nvo70244 жыл бұрын
@@Nukle0n They never did. The ICs were made by their licensees. Signetics was first with NE545, then came Sony, NEC, Hitachi etc. I checked the records - the last time I ordered Dolby and dbx ICs was in May 2016, it was a closeout for one dollar a bunch. The best ones were already gone, but the point is, they were sold by a reputable dealer just like any other components, no Dolby approval required.
@MeDicen_Rocha4 жыл бұрын
It is because the patent expired.
@charlie_nolan4 жыл бұрын
I have a new deck as of last year with a ‘NR’ switch which seems to do the same as Dolby NR
@napomania4 жыл бұрын
@@Nukle0n🙄👈 you're right. I have a idea: we have to digitalise those cassette and invent a *olbyB via software..
@suljaard3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man for sharing this! I was all fired up to buy this, mainly because I wanted to record tapes to USB but when you said it can only record at 128Kbps, I immediately cooled down.. you saved me almost 400Euros!
@peacearchwa51033 жыл бұрын
Around 1992 when record companies sued equipment makers over digital-to-digital copying capability, they imposed restrictions on digital output from a CD player. In this case TASCAM/TEAC had to limit digital output to 128kbps MP3. However, because the cassette-only 202 mkVII and W-1200 are analog-only, there are no such restrictions and digital output is uncompressed WAV. So those are much better choices if you specifically want to record from tapes onto USB.
@BrattyDogTapes Жыл бұрын
@@peacearchwa5103 any recommendations for cd players that can record in unrestricted compression?
@VectraQS4 жыл бұрын
I love the mixed bag of test sources and genres. Rick Astley, CANYON.MID, and the 1985 Oldsmobile jingle, all in one video.
@alliejr4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and review!
@duskonanyavarld17864 жыл бұрын
I think that fans of audiobooks will like this device, many audiobooks comes in mp3, compact disc mp3 and compact cassette. One machine that can play many books.
@Grim-oc9fw4 жыл бұрын
I love the books,
@flybeep16614 жыл бұрын
Very few audiobooks (less then 1%) are on cd and those which are on mp3 can be streamed and if they don't they get downloaded on a device that's portable and easy. Why bother even moving it to a static big device such as this?
@Grim-oc9fw4 жыл бұрын
Fly Beep give me all your audio books
@duskonanyavarld17864 жыл бұрын
@@flybeep1661 I have Audiobooks on CD and they are pretty common when I am at stores.
@beatsbeercigarettes3 жыл бұрын
@@flybeep1661 because lots of us still listening to music at home... and have large libraries of music or books or cassette/cd/vinyl... and it's nice to have a unit where you can play anything your library has to offer. I have a lot of physical media that just is not available on the internet to stream or download. If I want to listen to it, I'm left to jam that cassette into something.
@tonyorourke14593 жыл бұрын
I bought one to digitalise my LP and Cassette collection and the reproduction is excellent. Very satisfied...........
@TheKnobCalledTone.2 жыл бұрын
This is better than I expected. It seems like Tascam did the best they could with the parts they could get whilst maintaining a price point that isn't outrageous. The only minor criticism I have is that it could do with XLR outputs, especially given this is aimed at the pro audio market.
@EricLDC4 жыл бұрын
freaking sweet man. love cassette decks. went thrift hunting I got a teac v450x. might need a belt it won't fast forward but everything else works fine.
@bub79264 жыл бұрын
Hey congratulations on reaching 100k Subscribers
@DeangerSmith3 жыл бұрын
Great in depth review, thanks for that. :)
@ncironhorse83672 жыл бұрын
I have this unit and is great for getting some rare recordings I have on cassette into a digital format.
@deathevokation10173 жыл бұрын
Great info. Quality of the machine/versatility make it worth owning. I'll likely buy the AD-850 for my necro black metal tapes. Thank you.
@davarosmith13342 ай бұрын
I've got the Teac AD 850 , its pretty good. I have it connected to an Auna Birmingham music centre which has a USB but doesn't record to USB. I love how I can adjust the record level on the USB recorder on the Teac . I've had umtean USB recorder hi fi's and the USB was stuck at the same level. Having this all in one Teac machine is a brilliant idea it saves a hell of a lot of space!
@netwand3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the detailed review! I've bought TEAC AD-850 few days ago. I was impressed by the recording quality on cassettes. But... On the day two of test drive device got broken :) The mechanism makes very loud rattle noise at the end/beginning of tape when fast forwarding/rewinding. After few seconds of terrible sound auto-stop is activated. Something goes wrong with gears. Famous Tanashin mechanisms are not so good as they were in 90s :) I'll return this faulty device to seller and replace with new one.
@NWGADX4 жыл бұрын
Type I, and II tapes are common on Ebay. Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers on your KZfaq channel.
@elk39094 жыл бұрын
i can get type 1s to sound better than metal by running them fast
@LightTheUnicorn4 жыл бұрын
Ooh, you got Panic! on tape, I love it! Lovely review. They're putting good effort into these decks (even if the USB recording is very 'meh'). Always nice to see.
@vwestlife4 жыл бұрын
Too bad that Panic! tape is distorted during the loud parts, at least on my copy. They had the recording level set too high.
@bishwajitchowdhury4 жыл бұрын
Excellent reference for Tascam CD-A580
@WaltANelsonPHD4 жыл бұрын
Great review. Sly sense of humor.
@fitzjameswood54864 жыл бұрын
Great review.
@gazzaka4 жыл бұрын
You got a bargain, good job man !
@TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom4 жыл бұрын
Congrats! You have exactly 100k subs according to SocialBlade!
@timemerson41624 жыл бұрын
This would be the perfect addition to my setup.to go with my receiver( Realistic STA-7500) and turntable(Akai Pro BT-80) all bases covered.
@stevenj23804 жыл бұрын
So glad i have a very good vintage NAD 6300. In the 80s I had a Technics cassette deck with DBX NR, very sweet, though it was not high end (not 3 heads for example). Back by early 90s I found used DBX code / encode unit (even for DBX LP play though I never saw one of those) just to have for those few DBX encoded cassette mix tapes.
@petepictures4 жыл бұрын
Very informative video, thanks
@alexxbaudwhyn7572 Жыл бұрын
Always amazed that recent vintage gear like this don't allow recording to USB as uncompressed WAV files from CD or tape
@codebeat41924 жыл бұрын
I bought a Tascam DR-7, a couple of years ago, to digitize tapes and lp's, I think that (such recorder) is still the best solution (and easiest) for superb digital recordings of any source, a great quality device. Think they need to limit USB recordings to 128kbs to avoid the need to implement a copy protection feature similar to the DAT days. The manual indicates that the USB is USB 1 .1 FULL SPEED (12 Mbps) - pretty low spec, that could be the reason it takes a while to load the index and the searching skipgaps occur when frames (chunks) get larger with better quality MP3s.
@langam70173 жыл бұрын
I have to say, this is quite the attractive looking device. There is sadly so many cheap modern tape decks (and other devices) that try so hard to look "professional" that they come out at the completely opposite end and look like toys.
@frankowalker46624 жыл бұрын
Well done on the 100K subs. BTW I thought this would have a CD writer installed.
@laranaarana4 жыл бұрын
I used to buy those Supertape from Radio Shack. How I miss them...
@rotwang834 жыл бұрын
Nice, it even supports USB sticks with audiophile audio files.
@daniilsysterov41463 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and uswfull device. Thank you.
@brucestevenson42062 жыл бұрын
A great review!
@MrStarbor3 жыл бұрын
Great Lob Man!!! Looking to get today A700
@RadOo4 жыл бұрын
12:37 yeah that mp3 recording capability is maybe just a novelty but to be positive it is a lot better than the tivdio v115 radio you reviewed
@peacearchwa51034 жыл бұрын
Regarding Dolby Laboratories and their end-of-life of the consumer noise-reduction systems: For much of its history, Dolby Laboratories was a privately-held company. After the year 2000, sharply declining sales of Dolby NR equipment - whether chips made by Dolby or licensing manufacture to third parties - likely eliminated profitability from this line of business. Analog tape recording was assumed to be fading away for good particularly in the professional arena. However, Ray Dolby was still the unchallenged boss. While he allowed pro-audio Dolby A and similar systems to be abandoned, Ray Dolby likely insisted that consumer Dolby NR remain available as long as he was alive (not an uncommon ask in businesses with iconic founders). In February 2005, Dolby Laboratories became a publicly-traded corporation. The real question then becomes: why wasn't the money-losing NR system licensing eliminated sooner? My answer is: The company's iconic founder was still alive and everyone knew Mr. Dolby's wishes on the consumer NR products. Ray Dolby passed away on September 12, 2013. About four months later, licensing for all Dolby NR systems was terminated.
@dimitriapproved4 жыл бұрын
Probably somone got paid off to kill it.
@ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz3 жыл бұрын
Great catch!
@TheMM360 Жыл бұрын
Jesus! Finally a review where you get to see the product instead of the face of the reviewer. What a luxury. I have a couple of questions in case you ever have time: would the usb read a solid state hard disk and what the navigation experience would be in case you had five thousand songs instead of a dozen.
@vwestlife Жыл бұрын
The USB port should work with a hard drive, but since it's only USB 1.1 speed, it would be rather slow if there's a large amount of files on the drive.
@gazjones47634 жыл бұрын
Love how specific that sony tape is. 94 minutes
@Daandeslions Жыл бұрын
Damn your fine reviews. You made me order that Rick Astley cassette.
@glassscapemediaproductions3 жыл бұрын
Coolest feature, Recording into MP3 format...
@erhanshukri3 жыл бұрын
Hello, greetings from Macedonia. Great video! I want to ask about Teac AD850, are the all components inside the body like Tascam A580? Is it The also CD player mechanism JTL 101Y like in Tascam? Also want to know, does it playing burned CDs? As I understand the differences are in the front looking and with mic and phones. Please can you let me know, I am interested to by Teac. Thank you very much, Erhan
@vwestlife3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the TEAC AD-850 and TASCAM CD-A580 are identical except for the minor differences I explained.
@erhanshukri3 жыл бұрын
@@vwestlife Thank you very much🙏
@thechannel48745 ай бұрын
Oh I so wished there was a MK2 version of this deck that included the Dynamic Noise Reduction from the 1200. If it did I would replace both of my current tape deck and cd player in a heartbeat.
@djjoep1004 жыл бұрын
I still record on my reel-to-reel tape recorder Tech and also my cassette deck recorder
@Zone12424 жыл бұрын
Great review. I'm surprised to see the main circuit board uses through hole component mounting rather than surface mount. These days you expect to see a small circuit board with a few custom chips. This looks like a more 'period correct' circuit design.
@irtbmtind894 жыл бұрын
This is basically an updated legacy product, the board is probably assembled on an ancient ACI line from the 1990s.
@thegreath.sapiensapien69074 жыл бұрын
BRING THE CASSTEES BACK PLEASE.. analog sound the best.
@DrCassette4 жыл бұрын
The "brains" of the unit, the microcontrollers running the firmware, will likely be on a double-sided circuit board right behind the front panel. That seems to be how they design a lot of hifi equipment now.
@kirkmooneyham4 жыл бұрын
@@irtbmtind89, "ancient"...amusing, and only accurate due to the life-span of tech these days.
@sergeipelissier56903 жыл бұрын
@@thegreath.sapiensapien6907 better bring back the Reel to Reel machines, this is THE best analogue sound