6 Feb
2015
6 Feb
'15
5:34 a.m.
I'm looking for a decent quality portable tape recorder. I do want
recording ability so I can make new tapes for my C64 among other purposes.
I was about to purchase an Ion Tape Express Plus, but was told by
Silent700 in #classiccmp that his imposes an abnoxious throbbing noise to
the audio. Does anyone have any different experiences with that unit?
Can you recommend something good other than the Ion one?
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David Griffith
dave at 661.org
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6 Feb
6 Feb
6:23 a.m.
At 05:34 AM 06/02/2015, you wrote:
I'm looking for a decent quality portable tape
recorder. I do want
recording ability so I can make new tapes for my C64 among other purposes.
I was about to purchase an Ion Tape Express Plus, but was told by
Silent700 in #classiccmp that his imposes an abnoxious throbbing
noise to the audio. Does anyone have any different experiences with
that unit? Can you recommend something good other than the Ion one?
--
David Griffith
dave at 661.org
If you are looking for reel to reel I would highly recommend
Nagra, but they are a bit pricey.
Charlie Fox
7:14 a.m.
On Fri, 6 Feb 2015, Charles E. Fox wrote:
At 05:34 AM 06/02/2015, you wrote:
Oops. I forgot to state that I'm looking for something to work with audio
cassette tapes.
--
David Griffith
dave at 661.org
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
I'm looking for a decent quality portable
tape recorder. I do want
recording ability so I can make new tapes for my C64 among other purposes.
I was about to purchase an Ion Tape Express Plus, but was told by Silent700
in #classiccmp that his imposes an abnoxious throbbing noise to the audio.
Does anyone have any different experiences with that unit? Can you
recommend something good other than the Ion one?
If you are looking for reel to reel I would highly recommend Nagra, but
they are a bit pricey. 
7:21 a.m.
Dave,
You might want to try a "wanted" on your local freecycle (or freegle if you
are UK based) groups. Often folks have these hoarded away.
wwwfreeglecycle.org
Dave Wade
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave G.
Sent: 06 February 2015 12:15
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: seeking quality tape recorder
On Fri, 6 Feb 2015, Charles E. Fox wrote:
to
At 05:34 AM 06/02/2015, you wrote:
> I'm looking for a decent quality portable tape recorder. I do want
> recording ability so I can make new tapes for my C64 among other
purposes.
>>
>> I was about to purchase an Ion Tape Express Plus, but was told by
>> Silent700 in #classiccmp that his imposes an abnoxious throbbing noise the audio.
Oops. I forgot to state that I'm looking for something to work with audio
cassette tapes.
--
David Griffith
dave at 661.org
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
Does
anyone have any different experiences with that unit? Can you
recommend something good other than the Ion one?
If you are looking for reel to reel I would highly recommend Nagra,
but they are a bit pricey. 
11:08 a.m.
On 2/6/2015 5:14 AM, Dave G. wrote:
On Fri, 6 Feb 2015, Charles E. Fox wrote:
Radio Shack ...
At 05:34 AM 06/02/2015, you wrote:
Oops. I forgot to state that I'm looking for something to work with
audio cassette tapes.
I'm looking for a decent quality portable
tape recorder. I do want
recording ability so I can make new tapes for my C64 among other
purposes.
I was about to purchase an Ion Tape Express Plus, but was told by
Silent700 in #classiccmp that his imposes an abnoxious throbbing
noise to the audio. Does anyone have any different experiences with
that unit? Can you recommend something good other than the Ion one?
If you are looking for reel to reel I would highly recommend Nagra,
but they are a bit pricey. 
4:23 p.m.
On 02/06/2015 04:14 AM, Dave G. wrote:
On Fri, 6 Feb 2015, Charles E. Fox wrote:
but they are a bit pricey.
Oops. I forgot to state that I'm looking for something to work with
audio cassette tapes.
Any particular reason it has to be portable? Component high-end
cassette decks should be pretty easy to find in the used market and will
deliver a very high quality result.
--Chuck
11:29 p.m.
On February 6, 2015 1:23:31 PM PST, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 02/06/2015 04:14 AM, Dave G. wrote:
I plan to use it in libraries from time to time digitizing stuff I can't take home.
Eh. I figure I'll just get a decent used Walkman and make sure the innards are good.
--
David Griffith
dave at 661.org
On Fri, 6 Feb 2015, Charles E. Fox wrote:
but they are a bit pricey.
Oops. I forgot to state that I'm looking for something to work with
audio cassette tapes.
Any particular reason it has to be portable? Component high-end
cassette decks should be pretty easy to find in the used market and
will
deliver a very high quality result.
--Chuck 
7 Feb
7 Feb
2:12 a.m.
Not all recorders work equally well, especially
with Commodore computers which use custom
recorders and a sort-of-digital semi-square wave
instead of 'normal' audio sine waves.
A better quality recorder does not necessarily
translate into a better chance of successful
recordings.
m
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From: "David Griffith" <dave at 661.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: seeking quality tape recorder
On February 6, 2015 1:23:31 PM PST, Chuck Guzis
<cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 02/06/2015 04:14 AM, Dave G. wrote:
I plan to use it in libraries from time to time
digitizing stuff I can't take home. Eh. I
figure I'll just get a decent used Walkman and
make sure the innards are good.
--
David Griffith
dave at 661.org On Fri, 6 Feb 2015, Charles E. Fox wrote:
but they are a bit pricey.
Oops. I forgot to state that I'm looking for
something to work with
audio cassette tapes.
Any particular reason it has to be portable?
Component high-end
cassette decks should be pretty easy to find in
the used market and
will
deliver a very high quality result.
--Chuck 
1:55 p.m.
Not all recorders work equally well, especially
with Commodore computers which use custom
recorders and a sort-of-digital semi-square wave
instead of 'normal' audio sine waves.
A better quality recorder does not necessarily
translate into a better chance of successful
recordings.
Amazingly for computer data I have had a lot of
success with the Radio Shack CCR82 (the little one)
Mine needed a new drive belt after about 20 years,
but that it all that went wrong with it, and I even used it
with a PET (with a custom interface).
It's horrible for audio recording, of course..
-tony
6 Feb
6 Feb
9:46 a.m.
I really like my Marantz PMD430. That one is stereo, supports all tape formulations, bias
adjust, high quality preamps, Dolby and dbx. 3 heads. Built like a tank, superb
mechanicals. One of the best units ever made.
For software though, the better choice is the mono version. Something like a Marantz
PMD222 would be more than enough. A steal too. Works great with the apple ][
Let me know if you have any questions.
Francois
--
raspberry-python.blogspot.com - www.3dFutureTech.com - @f_dion
On Feb 6, 2015, at 5:34, "Dave G." <dave at 661.org> wrote:
I'm looking for a decent quality portable tape recorder. I do want recording ability
so I can make new tapes for my C64 among other purposes.
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