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Cassettes - better than you don't remember

Techmoan · 2.8M views · 2016-02-01 · 22:46

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Overview

Techmoan's beginner introduction to the compact cassette, testing metal tapes and Dolby S noise reduction on a Sony TC-S1 deck. He checks whether a cassette can sound close to a CD when good tape and equipment are used.

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HN commenters cite it whenever cassette quality comes up, as proof that cassettes sound good with decent gear, metal tape and Dolby noise reduction.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2016–2025

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Audio & video engineeringConsumer devices & gadgets
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cassettedolby smetal tapenoise reductionanalog audio

What people said

klez · 2025-12 · Recommendation

Take a look here[0] for a discussion about cassette quality. TL;DR: Like many of us you probably had shitty equipment and shitty cassettes. They are more than capable of sounding great with the right tools. [0] [VIDEO]

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voltagex_ · 2018-07 · Recommendation

[VIDEO] - "better than you don't remember". This is an interesting watch if you've got the time.

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rwmj · 2017-09 · Recommendation

Matt from Techmoan did a couple of videos about how to make cassette tape sound very good: [LINK] [LINK] They're worth watching but to be honest it hasn't made me want to convert all my music to tapes. Edit: The link I was actually looking for is: [VIDEO]

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