Talk:Cassette deck

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With the mention of tape use in automobiles it should also be mentioned that it was a stupid idea because the machines were always getting buggered by dust. CD players don't have that problem. Anyone should remember how often you would find a tape player in a car and it wouldn't work or there'd be something wrong with it. And I'm not just talking old cars, I mean cars with tape decks only 5 years old or less wouldn't work. How many cars with CD players over 5 years old, still work?

Never experienced this problem, or know anyone who it applies to. Maybe it's a regional thing (I imagine some countries would be dustier than others). It's definitely true that the transport mechanisms of some early car decks was pretty crap, some lacked a supply spool, so there was nothing to keep the tape in tension within the cassette - these were very prone to getting tangled and/or wrapped around the capstan. The article currently doesn't really discuss in-car units, which might even come under a different article. Graham

[edit] Analog golden ears

"Some audiophiles believe that cassette deck technology, due to its analog nature, provides sound recordings superior to current digital technology, such as CDR and DAT."

Does anyone really believe cassettes are sonically superior to CDs and DAT tapes? I have heard many audiophiles extol the virtues of analogue tape, but they were talking about reel-to-reel tape, not cassettes. AdorableRuffian 01:06, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Some audiophiles do believe this. Noise reduction systems like dbx can even expand dynamic range to near CD quality.--Blainster 22:16, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Some people use them in recording studio chains because the saturation of the magnetic tape serves as a good compressor for drum beats, which they claim can't be duplicated by anything else. — Omegatron 12:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Symbols

"Cassette players pioneered the modern set of control buttons, play, pause, stop, record, fast forward and rewind. "

Where did the triangular and square symbols for these buttons come from? What meaning did the words "pause" and "play" have before they were used on cassette decks that made them good names for these keys? "Playing back a recording" wouldn't have meant anything until after audio recording was invented. — Omegatron 12:52, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

From reel to reel decks Tabby 11:46, 18 October 2007 (UTC)