No matter who makes it, the issue with cassettes in my mind is that after a couple of years, they all get fiddley. At some point my deck was constantly needing to go back to get calibrated. In A/B comparisons, even though my deck could reproduce full response and at high speed had enough density to reproduce fine details, the increase in distortion (most decks range between 1/2 - 3%) was audible, although I did not know what was that bugged me at the time. I have since figured it out. So cassettes can't replace dedicated listening to me. I'd like to try a reel to reel but they are too rich for my blood for a deck that would be good enough for critical listening. And master tapes are way past my ability.
@@jked7463 well i have been using my cassette decks from the 80s since i was a kid and i love cassettes and decks i have 4 now and 2 of them need service One is the Sony tc-k555esL and a Kenwood kx-w949 but my other 2 Akai they work flawlessly those machines when calibrated are amazing and doesn't need all that maintenence at least mine, and i am happy they are returning but i understand the issues you got with them.
So, why bother with cassettes again? I grew up with them, and they can sound great, but vinyl is still a superior analog format. Cassettes bested vinyl in convenience, but then the CD came along and crushed it. Now, if they came out with direct to tape from analog masters, that would pique my interest, but then I'd prefer that to be in the larger Reel to Reel format. Just my millennial opinions lol
@@asplmn I like the idea of making an optimum recording of a brand new record and then using the tape for listening. Then when the tape wears out, record it again. That would minimize wear and pops and clicks on the record.
Thank you for the information. But 6 minutes to tell us what could have been told in 1 minute! That will really put people off coming back here for more. 😴
Something is going on in the music industry. This isn't just some gimmick for nostalgic people, they are somehow creating something new and better by going back...
A poor man's "reel to reel" for sure. I still have two Hi-Fi decks that do this helically and it works well, but I think the masses want cassettes instead for both nostalgia and for the new prerecorded cassettes being offered. I know I still enjoy recording vinyl albums to cassette and playing them back. Just wish a "decent" NEW deck was available here in 2022.
Yeah, I used to mess around with music on HiFi VCR's. The problem with them is you have to deal with the large bulky tapes for a VCR. I couldn't even begin to imagine how much wall space would be occupied in my house if all I used was VHS tapes instead of Cassettes.
@@AudioGuyBrian yeah, too bulky. I used it as a way to temporarily record long late-night radio shows (Think Grateful Dead stuff) or other concerts via satellite (I had one of those huge 12' backyard dishes in the 1980s/90s). I could record two hours of great audio, then re-record it to cassette taking out the D.J. banter and commercials. Worked well.
Call me a cynic, but considering Mulann's track record with hardware (Remember Mystik?), I don't expect anything that exceeds the quality of the very mediocre Tascam 202, which basically is two Tanashin mechanisms wrapped in a tascam shell. Unless Mulann/RTM actually develop a new mechanism (which I doubt at this point), a new tapehead design, while it would be a good thing, won't be able to fix the currently available Tanashin mechanism's issues. What makes me so sceptical is the Mystik Portable Cassette Player disaster. It was basically a standard chinese low-end portable design repackaged in a fancy case, but three times as expensive. That's probably why it failed the kickstarter, and the RTM and Mulann people were very aggressive towards critics, which probably didn't help. So for now, I really hope they learned from their mistakes, but at this point in time I expect more of the same. I'll be happy to be positively surprised.
It is frustrating. You'd think all the documentation needed to make say a Pioneer, Sony, or Denon, Yamaha, or other mechanism would be available, and they could be made once again using new suppliers for the parts. I wish. And decent heads with good performance. Someone in the comments above said a head "dm62" was available, but I don't know its specifications...
@@rosswarren436 My guess is that the big players just don't see new high quality cassette decks as something that could actually make them a profit. And as far as licensing old mechanisms, it's probably the same thing. Let's be honest, while there is indeed a cassette comeback, it is still a rather niche thing, even compared to vinyl. And for a new player in the market, the investment into research, tooling or production facilities do develop something entirely new is likely very daunting.
@@BogoEN That's going to be very interesting, as it depends on the tape head. With modern technology 20KHz should be no issue, I am hoping for more, 25KHz @-3dB :)
@@hugobloemers4425 FR depends on the heads, yes. Without good capable heads, we have nothing. And the generic heads that are both for PB/REC (for 2head machines) will not cut it. Their gap is "optimized" (too big for HF on playback, too narrow for bass response on record, not to mention they are cheap permaloy with even more FR losses) to work for both recording and playback, so they are not good at either. There are some fairly good NOS Japanize heads, but they will be gone eventually, and there aren't enough of them for a new production of "HQ cassette decks". All of this is ofc important if we want at least 20hz-20khz capable decks. And auto-reverse is a detriment to quality playback/recording for variety of reasons, unless is unrealistically overengineered, which will not happen ever again. Quality over "convenience" any day. I would be fully happy with single capstan DD mechanism, and 2 heads, if it means at least the W&F would not be as embracingly bad as it is right now with all new devices.
@@BogoEN most only went to 19kHz on Type IV...At least the best Sony deck I ever had would do that. I'm sure Nakamitchi and others might have hit that magic 20kHz.
I think the new ones should be one step further than Philips DCC if you want to attract new customers. Furthermore it should be able to record and play digital and analog. Noise reduction from Dolby isn't available anymore so there should be a new type of noise reduction. I would go the digital signal processing path because of its huge amount of possibilities of nowadays processors. Just my opinion as electronics engineer
I completely agree with this. What's the point of creating a new tape deck which just works as those 30+ years ago? There are still of tons of those decks on eBay for relatively cheap, some of which actually sound good without any work. I say take advantage of all the modern MCU technology to create something that mixes analog/digital world seamlessly. Just check out a quick project I did mixing analog and digital world. ua-cam.com/video/pvrnPoVNLMM/v-deo.html
Please, no digital at all! 🤮 Analogue only is what I prefer. Akai glass coated GX style heads and a titanium drive mechanism built like a tank would do just fine.😋
@@djeepee Picked up a cheap Akai GXC cassette deck in very good condition and still functional, last week, did some research and apparently these heads are something special..
I still own two three head decks, a Sony and a Nakamichi and I never stopped collection high-end cassettes, type II and type iv. This will be a welcome release.
I only use cassette decks from eighties with soft-touch mechanical keys. They are cheap to buy here, because noone wants them. When something goes wrong I just send it to a friend for spare parts and buy another one.
Although I welcome news like that, I would also like to point out that there are so many great decks in existence. I'd rather see a better spare part supply for all the amazing machines we already have - namely magnetic heads, quality motors and pinch rollers. VFDs would also be greatly appreciated.
Simply because of the ridiculous price of cassettes you knew they'd be reintroduced. The money will be made on the blanks not the hardware. I predicted this two years ago. I'm putting my money on tascam for the same reason analog is being reappeciated in the amateur music recording arena.
I have several times in comments and another video. As explained We Are Rewind and Recording the Masters were planning on releasing a deck but unfortunately they discovered that the project was too expensive for them and the end user to they both dropped it
Hi. After more then 1 year we see no quality cassette decks or tapes and I find this normal. Nobody will throw the money out the window and invest in an obsolete technology. Tascam CD-A580 or TEAC W-1200 are NOT quality cassette decks. What to do with a cassette deck ? For analog sound is enaugh to buy a good turntable and old vinyls... The sound will be better than any cassette deck. BTW... All the new vinyls are digitally remastered or recorded...
Indeed. As explained in other subsequent videos people like RTM tried to produce a serious deck but in the end the cost were just too high. Everyone fails due to the lack of the different quality components.
"Imperfect Sound Forever". Lol! Analog can never be perfect. The trick is to take it to a level as close to perfect as possible and manage the imperfections. Some imperfections make music sound more endearing, think about quality tube amplication and high-quality well pressed LPs of great analog recordings. But the cassette at 1 & 7/8 IPS with those small magnetic tracks? Kind of like setting foot on the moon mankind (specifically electronic and mechanical engineers) had performed a similar feat by the late eighties with the lowly Compact Cassette, a Philips invention originally never envisioned as something particularly high-fidelity. That's when progress stopped, heck everything stopped. Not a single audiophile level cassette deck has ben made since roughly 1990. All decks made since have been mostly the same crappy quality only outwardly dressed as different tape machines. They're literally the "insult to injury" to the medium's demise. Only, a lot of folks either didn't get or refused to read that decree of death memo Sadly, however, the ones who could make new machines encompassing over three-decades of electric and mechanical advancements have no financial interest in doing so. Not unlike the stalling of the pharmaceutical industries research into new antibiotics (to get this back on track there had to be a crisis as well as government incentives), bringing a new more advanced than ever audiophile cassette deck is dead. This interesting video came out in January with the hope that it was real and in just a couple of months there would be an exciting announcement for new Hi-Fi approved decks. It is now six-months later and I smell the scent of death. Nuclear fusion power plants will probably be rolled out before we ever see a truly fantastic cassette deck comparable to the likes of the best Nakamichi, Pioneer, Tandberg, Yamaha, Aiwa, and Studer made decks in the eighties. That smell also has the fragrance of this information being a false alarm I'm sorry to say. You can't fault a guy for dreaming though.
Watching this video made me cringe. This topic interest me but the way the author is talking is so condescending, it's like he's talking to a baby or a dog. I'm neither.
Sorry you had that perception. It wasn't my intention. I have the most immense respect for my audience and subscribers and always say the raw truth on my videos and related aspects.
Good news of cassettes decks making a comeback and with this there would be availability if spare parts zldo .I have NAKAMICHI CR7 ,682 ZX lying with me for more than five years .The CR 7 had a problem of going to recording mode while under playback mode . My 682 ZX needs new RP heads and pp caps to restore like almost new . Hope so if it happens otherwise I will sell them as it is for spare parts .
You'll be better off looking for a good repair tech and restoring what you have, rather than hoping the new products are an improvement over your old Naks. I'll keep an open mind, but I'm skeptical by nature.
What would be great is direct drive and pole-less motors (such as kollmogen) for zero cogging. Hopefully the distortion could be brought down below .5%.
But could they engineer vibration out of the motors enough that it would be at belt drive levels? Tape would be more sensitive to that than, say, vinyl would, so what passes for ultra-low wow and flutter for an SL-1200GR might not hack it in your average tape deck. But if they could do that, I'd definitely be down for that.
@@cubdukat kollmorgen motors have no windings so there is essentially no cogging. That would reduce wow and flutter down which would greatly reduce vibration.
The best way to cut down on wow and flutter is heavy capstan assembly flywheels. All the cheap-o transports from China use flimsy light flywheels. They need to be big and heavy to work correctly. It is just a slab of balanced round metal people!
My thoughts are these: A new 'high quality' cassette deck surely isn't going to have Dolby. And the current Walkman from Recording The Masters isn't a high quality machine, so I am not getting excited about anything produced by them.
Agree on current "high-end decks" that they are only good enough to compete with mid-90s decks (the Teac W-1200, which is decent enough). But who needs Dolby ? I think Teac/Tascam's solution with a noise gate is better since it works on anything and actually gives back Dolby B results - it can also play Dolby B.
Fingers crossed 🤞, the news got my heart pumping. ive Got 2 early 90s Denon Decks, both mint, but 1 stopped playing, will have to get it fixed. Wouldn't a brand new deck and Blank tapes be mind blowing! But still love the Nostalgia involved with the original decks and Cassettes. Cheers Grant 👍
I heard that Dolby is NOT issuing new licenses. Without Dolby I can't use new tape decks. However, the ABUSE of power can be avoided by changing the law.
Good news but wait and see. Even if I'm French and be realy happy to see a nice high quality French tape deck I have to say that Mulann Industries, now RTM, was in judicial review in 2020 and is still a fragile company.
Hot topic. Market does need a better quality cassette deck than what is out there. Just had my Nakamichi repaired up to snuff. Enjoy that analog sound.
Great news from the little birdie! I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with also Your acting at the beginning of the video should be up for an Oscar…🙂
i purchased a Revox B215 last year that had been serviced with new pinch wheels and re - caped for a Bargain price of £1,000 and with it being Direct Drive no Belts to worry about, but i would be nice to see a new High Quality Deck but it would have to be good to beat my Revox
no belts to worry about LOL - but as you clearly mentioned pinch wheels or rare to find idler tires ...ect. They are not service friendly but so beautiful when working.!! As you know ! Nothing modern will touch even mid range Tape decks from the 80s - 90s. Just won't happen unless there is some boutique limited and out of reach item.
As good as the Revox? for now it is impossible if other companies jump in, could be...it's like starting over, the first will be so so, better than the fake Chinese we have no....in a few years competition may trigger good stuff
@@Andersljungberg Dolby S did arrive around that time,yes. I didn't really have much experience using it myself.Prerecorded tapes were made using Dolby B,which was more compatible with a wider range of decks.The industry standard cassette of choice for making those was BASF true chromes,rather than the ferrichrome formulations latterly adopted by other brands in the "type 2" setting.Dolby S was intended to bring about a dynamic range that was closer to CD,and potentially rival the new digital options of Sony minidisc and DAT at the time,although it didn't really take off and failed largely to grab the public's attention.
My Pioneer 606 sounds to me like a good machine like the Sony i had before that. Think there were many good machines during the 90s, tapes were good too....but my machines.....i think they were and are just avarage? They are not exceptional so other decks must have sounded even better. Tried some tapes and they sound fresh open,only a Memorex metal tape from 84 sounded dull even with dolby off which is strange for a metal tape recorded with dolby on. Basf super chrome 2 sounded great like all other chromes from Maxell,TDK,Sony, and Thats i bought these days.. Wouldn't surprise me if other chromes sound great too. The tape era stopped in 2000 and not because they are bad products Cassettes, most are pleasant sounding products.. New decks? Buy a 90s model, cheaper than a new one.
another little bird told me that there is a former german manufacturer planning to release a premium tapedeck in late '22 😉 designed in germany but assembled in china 🤷🏻♂️
@@anadialog There will definitely be something happening this year. New tape heads are already in production and the deck will have the typical late 70s look. The factory is not far from here, as soon as there is info or pictures i will contact you (if you want)
The problem should be the mechanism not the tape head. There are already basic tape heads like dm62 or similar things still producting since 80s or 90s. But the tape mechanism is definitly been down grade since there are no need for high grade decks. In this era. A CNC bulid full direct driven mech should not be a big problem to make. But it will cost tons of money and I dont think most enthusiasts will pay crazy money for that.
I think a lot more is possible now with SOLID STATE HEADS like the Philips DCC Decks had. Like a CCD camera sensor easily made on wavers and manufactured with a glass shell. Problem is the BIAS that needs probably a new name for this kind of flat head and its function. It basically becomes a BACKUP DRIVE with separate pads (coils with a gap) for record and playback. No fantasy, really.
The transpprt mechanism is easy to do. Not complicated at all. We simply don't have it now but it is easy to make. Quality tape heads is one of the most difficult and expensive things to do. I know because I spoke with a true expert on this. The lamination process of quality heads is something that can't be done from one day to another, you need a set of other manufacturers in order to achieve a quality head like a permalloy, sendust etc etc. Plus it has to reach at least a 20hz-20khz frequency response.
This makes me very happy. I have been trying to find a reasonably priced cassette deck for a while now. Hoping these aren't crazy expensive. Thanks for the heads up. BTW, I tried one of the HDMI to IIS box you rec'd but it didn't work with my DAC [Topping D70s]. Oh well. Cheers from USA!
Well, what do you know?, it's nice to know that cassettes are really coming back to life. good thing I've still got my AKAI & CARVER cassette tape decks working. In fact I listen to it once in while.
I hope I am wrong but I have a feeling these new decks will just be similar to what Teac/Tascam currently produce. It's unlikely that any company is going to go all in making their own mechanisms so they will in all likelihood use the same CSG mechanisms Teac/Tascam uses. That isn't such a bad thing as the Teac/Tascam decks do a decent job in terms of reliability and features, it's the heads and the plasticky flywheel that lets the mechanism's performance down, so if they could work with the manufacturer to improve those things we could get something very decent. I doubt we'll see Dolby making a comeback but given there is a software Dolby B/C encoder/decoder available it might be possible to have those included in the OS of a new deck.
APR 2023. If we just knew how expensive new old stock chrome and metal cassettes were going to become, and are selling for online, we could thus afford serviced vintage Nakamichi decks, amongst that greade, from dealers who are charging $2 to over $5k.
My Nakamichi DR-1 is away being repaired, unfortunately spare parts are as rare as hen’s teeth. I have so many cassettes mostly self recordings off radio and vinyl going back to 1972 which I still treasure but at present cannot play.
When when when?????? And yet, When you said, "they are investing a tone of $$$" might be they would want to get investment quickly which means high price tag for the unit, ouch!
Hello, it's hard to believe but if it does, it will be something extra, I have a Pioneer deck myself and a small Denon, plus one tape recorder from Poland, but I'm very curious about these new models. I keep my fingers crossed for it to succeed :)
I'm glad I still have my Sony WMD6 Walkman Pro that I bought new in 2006 from a shop that had a hand full in stock at $225.00 a piece. It still works like charm!
Old cassette decks whoever manufacturer is did not have long standing reliable mechanism. New manufacturer should think about this - chewing the beginning of the cassette tapes.
I like my serviced NAKs 480, LX-5, and RX-505...Good quality! Even the 480. Not too interested in black plastic units. BUT, it is good news for everybody!
I have a JVC DD-7 it makes pretty good tapes with the good old TDK D series. Still looking for a tape that will match it. Was finding good slightly used ones at a st. vinnies dig and save but somebody waits at the door to open and gets those now. Used to find a dozen with a radio program recorded on them with just a few play backs if any it was a true bargain find. That guy is a scourge because he also did that with the electronics he just pulled everything of the shelves and filled his shopping carts. 15 minutes after opening nothing left. I used to find stuff there including that JVC DD-7 by the way that deck is really nice it makes good tapes and has been by far the most reliable deck I've had. The direct drive motor and Sendust heads they still look new and I've put 15000 hours on it since I found it used what a gem.
New Teac/Tascam? New Technics or Sony or Pioneer? I cannot wait for a brand new hi-end tape deck!!! I hope with HX-Pro, Dolby B C and S, and with digitally controlled direct-drive motors. 1/8" tape never die...
I'm afraid dolby has stopped licensing for using dolby b or c etc... on decks since I think 2014 my friend!!! Yes noise reduction does exist on tape players of today it's just not dolby! Unless in the future tape decks take off like vinyl has again over recent years its unlikely dolby will come back, so fingers crossed a surge of tape playing becomes a future market we could see dolby return! Thankfully I haven't stopped listening to vinyl or tapes since the 1980's my pioneer tape still has all the dolby trimmings!!!
@@BradyBoy1 in 2020/2021 I've bought two restored cassette decks, both with Dolby B, C, S, a Sony TC-KB820S and a Teac V8030S... listening to the cassettes through my Italian Class A tube amplifier Mastersound Box is so sublime!!! So... I still collect unopened blank cassettes 😅 from Maxell to TDK or Sony...
@@1theflexable Hi there, I almost purchased an Italian tube amplifier Synthesis Roma 96D summer 2021 but with a 3 year old girl running around house I opted for a solid state! Maybe
@@1theflexable sorry didn't get a chance to finish before I mistakenly hit send, Maybe in the future when she's a few years older! I'm happy you got a restored tape deck for yourself with all the dolby trimmings! Enjoy the music my friend!!! 👍
@@BradyBoy1 ahah I've chosen the Mastersound Box because it is in rack shape, tubes and transformers are well protected by the metal cover, and then I've put all my electronic devices in an old-style stereo rack with top and front glasses... obviously leaving "air" on the top of the tube amp, it heats like a coal stove!!! 😅 you can cook on that!!! Mastersound Box and Sinthesis Roma 96 DC have the same electronic architecture, with more or less the same scheme, the difference is only in the number of final tubes, two per channel on the Sinthesis (Class A, 25 W), three per channe on the Mastersound (Class A, 35 W)
Totally interested…..keep us posted….. I LOVE my cassettes on my Marantz cassette deck….I find the sound staging interesting on cassettes. For example….I have The Doors LA Woman on cassette - a release by Elektra in Germany and it’s probably the best sounding ‘anything’ I have in my collection of music!!!!!!! I love how it just comes across on the speakers…..stereo sound at its best……I am from 1966 so I was brought up on vinyl and cassettes and still have 80% of all my records and about 95% of the cassettes I bought since I was a child. I have a Dual 1019 record player with a Nagaoka MP110 cartridge and Leak 30 and Leak 70 amps from the 60s (I swap them over) and Leak mini sandwich speakers……I have a tech nearby who’s a friend and he has done wonders inside them with Mundorf caps etc etc
Awesome news, as the finest analog source R2R is just so expensive and the cassette recorded from a quality master could be a ton of fun ! Might have to source a NOS head unit for the cars?
That's great news dear Guido and i'm buying one for sure since they will be released out in the market ASAP . I do love tapes and cassettes as f@,k 🙂 Love from Greece Nick here 🙂
Πατριώτη ! Βρές και αγόρασε ένα καλό μονό τρικέφαλο. Κάνε ένα καλό σέρβις και θα έχεις μηχάνημα για μια ζωή. Ότι βγει σήμερα θα είναι κατώτερο της εποχής της κασέτας. Ενα Aiwa AD-F850 για αρχή είναι άριστο !
@@DimitrisPapadopoulos1980 Καλησπερα Δημητρη και σε ευχαριστω για καλα σου λογια οσο για το Aiwa AD-850 το εχω ιδει εδω και σχεδον 27 χρονια απο καινουριο . Να σου πω την αληθεια συμφωνω μαζι σου 100% μονο στην περιπτωση που βγαλουν κατι πραγματικα αξιολογο θσ σκεφτομουν να αγορασω ενα καινουριο . Καλο σου απογευμα .. Νικος απο Θεσσ/νικη 🙂
@@anadialog Yes let's hope indeed , but it would be a great surprise to see something real interesting about cassette decks having seeing only crappy new machines so far .
@@Badassvidsz Την αγάπη μου από την Ρόδο. Έχω αρκετά κασετόφωνα. Από δικέφαλο Yamaha μέχρι το Sony KA6ES. To Value for money που αγόρασα με 50 € είναι το Aiwa AD-F850 και για αυτό το συστήνω. Αλήθεια κασέτες από που προμηθεύεσαι???
I believe 4 track portastudio type machines are going to be coming soon from tascam or another company. Currently available mechanisms and 4 track heads used in Walkman clones could easily be adapted to work as a 4 track portastudio style machine for very little investment. Towards the end of the cassettes life manufactures of high speed duplication equipment experimented with PWM magnetic recording and this allowed for a much greater MOL and audio fidelity. Perhaps some of these innovations could be incorporated into a modern deck?
The transport mechanism is one of the most important. Most cassette decks currently on the market use a similar if not the same cheap-o transport. Yes. Tape heads are important, especially for running tape types which have historically been more abrasive. When I hear that TDK is putting the SA and SA-X back into production or Maxell and their UD-XL I and II, I will take notice. French? Can the French do anything right? They have never been able to get their car brands mainstream in the U.S. Their latest attempt is through the conglomerate Stellantis, joining FIAT who has almost already taken the Chrysler brand down. No. If it's French, it won't sell in the U.S. It's gonna take a Tascam, Sony or Pioneer to make cassette viable in the U.S. again. Sure, new pre-recorded cassettes are popping up again, but so are 8-track cartridges and R2R tapes, but those are at 15 i.p.s. There never were many R2R decks which play at 15 i.p.s. Then, there are the prices. Who can afford this stuff?
Hi i leave un France And i can tell you that it’s impossible to buy french cassette in my own country. The production is far as 200km from me and i buy it in…Germay! I.m not shure i can have a cassette deck if they made one. That’s France… i Samy that and i am French…
@@jeave6286 Actualy I've bought RTM 1/4'' tapes for my reel to reels, but I didn't buy them directly from RTM, it was a part of an order I did to Thomann.
I am hoping that we can get high-quality cassette decks that will play all types of blank cassette tapes and I really love the 120 minute blank cassette tapes and they sound great There’s something wonderful about recording on Contacts which I love I especially love the PDK cassettes and the max sells 120 minute because that takes. we need cassette text I can play all types of cassettes from types one to four that would be great especially ones with a wire to erase had I like those a lot better.
The only manufacturer I can see producing new decks is Revox. They have been selling manufactured refurbished B215 using NOS spare parts. The only other alternative is if Elon Musk gets into cassette tapes and buys the rights to the Nakamichi brand name as a joke that turned to reality like he did with Twitter. Along with all the Nak IP, trademarks that still exist, reverse engineer everything, recruit the best available engineers, resurrect the original Japanese Nak engineers from the dead with black magic etc. Backing the project with a couple of billion dollars. Not too much to ask....
Please make a video when one is announced. I’d love to buy a new cassette deck. When I was a kid, I always played with cassettes. You’ve gotten me back into it. I’d love to be able to buy a modern one though. Just to keep forever.
Well, since this video was published the only NEW cassette mechanism seems to be a better build quality Tanashin clone with a better motor. A step up from the pre 2022 Tanashin clones but not by much (except for a much better motor).
Well, they tried that (RTM)...didn't go well. Once again they didn't aim at high quality. Here is the vid I made: ua-cam.com/video/E-zqqTQ1p5I/v-deo.html
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We need japanese brands to build cassette decks Like in the past
Indeed!
No matter who makes it, the issue with cassettes in my mind is that after a couple of years, they all get fiddley. At some point my deck was constantly needing to go back to get calibrated. In A/B comparisons, even though my deck could reproduce full response and at high speed had enough density to reproduce fine details, the increase in distortion (most decks range between 1/2 - 3%) was audible, although I did not know what was that bugged me at the time. I have since figured it out. So cassettes can't replace dedicated listening to me. I'd like to try a reel to reel but they are too rich for my blood for a deck that would be good enough for critical listening. And master tapes are way past my ability.
@@jked7463 well i have been using my cassette decks from the 80s since i was a kid and i love cassettes and decks i have 4 now and 2 of them need service One is the Sony tc-k555esL and a Kenwood kx-w949 but my other 2 Akai they work flawlessly those machines when calibrated are amazing and doesn't need all that maintenence at least mine, and i am happy they are returning but i understand the issues you got with them.
So, why bother with cassettes again? I grew up with them, and they can sound great, but vinyl is still a superior analog format.
Cassettes bested vinyl in convenience, but then the CD came along and crushed it.
Now, if they came out with direct to tape from analog masters, that would pique my interest, but then I'd prefer that to be in the larger Reel to Reel format. Just my millennial opinions lol
@@asplmn I like the idea of making an optimum recording of a brand new record and then using the tape for listening. Then when the tape wears out, record it again. That would minimize wear and pops and clicks on the record.
If you ❤ Cassettes ,please give a thumbs up!!!👍
That's great man! We need a quality cassette decks to pair with our hi end turntables!
Yeah!
Thank you for the information. But 6 minutes to tell us what could have been told in 1 minute! That will really put people off coming back here for more. 😴
Something is going on in the music industry. This isn't just some gimmick for nostalgic people, they are somehow creating something new and better by going back...
We want Nakamichi, Otari, ReVox, Studer, Teac and Tascam back!
Also AKAI!
And Tandberg.
i'm really a fan of cassettes and cassettes are making a comeback so i hope we can see some good quality cassette decks again
Try recording music on a VHS hifi VCR with 6 heads, you'd be surprised on the sound quality.
A poor man's "reel to reel" for sure. I still have two Hi-Fi decks that do this helically and it works well, but I think the masses want cassettes instead for both nostalgia and for the new prerecorded cassettes being offered.
I know I still enjoy recording vinyl albums to cassette and playing them back. Just wish a "decent" NEW deck was available here in 2022.
I did two entire videos on this 😎
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I use to do this and you are right the sound quality was killer along with the long time recordings.
Yeah, I used to mess around with music on HiFi VCR's. The problem with them is you have to deal with the large bulky tapes for a VCR. I couldn't even begin to imagine how much wall space would be occupied in my house if all I used was VHS tapes instead of Cassettes.
@@AudioGuyBrian yeah, too bulky. I used it as a way to temporarily record long late-night radio shows (Think Grateful Dead stuff) or other concerts via satellite (I had one of those huge 12' backyard dishes in the 1980s/90s). I could record two hours of great audio, then re-record it to cassette taking out the D.J. banter and commercials. Worked well.
Call me a cynic, but considering Mulann's track record with hardware (Remember Mystik?), I don't expect anything that exceeds the quality of the very mediocre Tascam 202, which basically is two Tanashin mechanisms wrapped in a tascam shell. Unless Mulann/RTM actually develop a new mechanism (which I doubt at this point), a new tapehead design, while it would be a good thing, won't be able to fix the currently available Tanashin mechanism's issues.
What makes me so sceptical is the Mystik Portable Cassette Player disaster. It was basically a standard chinese low-end portable design repackaged in a fancy case, but three times as expensive. That's probably why it failed the kickstarter, and the RTM and Mulann people were very aggressive towards critics, which probably didn't help. So for now, I really hope they learned from their mistakes, but at this point in time I expect more of the same. I'll be happy to be positively surprised.
It is frustrating. You'd think all the documentation needed to make say a Pioneer, Sony, or Denon, Yamaha, or other mechanism would be available, and they could be made once again using new suppliers for the parts. I wish. And decent heads with good performance. Someone in the comments above said a head "dm62" was available, but I don't know its specifications...
@@rosswarren436 My guess is that the big players just don't see new high quality cassette decks as something that could actually make them a profit. And as far as licensing old mechanisms, it's probably the same thing. Let's be honest, while there is indeed a cassette comeback, it is still a rather niche thing, even compared to vinyl. And for a new player in the market, the investment into research, tooling or production facilities do develop something entirely new is likely very daunting.
Actually, I have the same doubts...but also other projects are out there...
@@anadialog I tend to expect the worst, so I can be positively surprised when things turn out better than I expected ;-)
Great news! Did the bird also chime some technical specs, like quartz locked, dual capstan, direct drive and three head?
I’d be interested to know frequency response…
@@BogoEN That's going to be very interesting, as it depends on the tape head.
With modern technology 20KHz should be no issue, I am hoping for more, 25KHz @-3dB :)
@@hugobloemers4425 25khz would be 🤩. I’ve had to really hunt for working decks that could hit 20khz
@@hugobloemers4425 FR depends on the heads, yes. Without good capable heads, we have nothing. And the generic heads that are both for PB/REC (for 2head machines) will not cut it. Their gap is "optimized" (too big for HF on playback, too narrow for bass response on record, not to mention they are cheap permaloy with even more FR losses) to work for both recording and playback, so they are not good at either. There are some fairly good NOS Japanize heads, but they will be gone eventually, and there aren't enough of them for a new production of "HQ cassette decks". All of this is ofc important if we want at least 20hz-20khz capable decks.
And auto-reverse is a detriment to quality playback/recording for variety of reasons, unless is unrealistically overengineered, which will not happen ever again. Quality over "convenience" any day. I would be fully happy with single capstan DD mechanism, and 2 heads, if it means at least the W&F would not be as embracingly bad as it is right now with all new devices.
@@BogoEN most only went to 19kHz on Type IV...At least the best Sony deck I ever had would do that. I'm sure Nakamitchi and others might have hit that magic 20kHz.
If its true, I hope they are going to be all analog. Don't like any digital flies in my analog soup.
I think the new ones should be one step further than Philips DCC if you want to attract new customers.
Furthermore it should be able to record and play digital and analog.
Noise reduction from Dolby isn't available anymore so there should be a new type of noise reduction. I would go the digital signal processing path because of its huge amount of possibilities of nowadays processors.
Just my opinion as electronics engineer
I completely agree with this. What's the point of creating a new tape deck which just works as those 30+ years ago? There are still of tons of those decks on eBay for relatively cheap, some of which actually sound good without any work. I say take advantage of all the modern MCU technology to create something that mixes analog/digital world seamlessly. Just check out a quick project I did mixing analog and digital world. ua-cam.com/video/pvrnPoVNLMM/v-deo.html
Isn't dolby NR still available? And I also read somewhere that the license to use it nowadays is very cheap.
Please, no digital at all! 🤮
Analogue only is what I prefer. Akai glass coated GX style heads and a titanium drive mechanism built like a tank would do just fine.😋
@@djeepee
Picked up a cheap Akai GXC cassette deck in very good condition and still functional, last week, did some research and apparently these heads are something special..
I am enjoying my Tascam 202 MK 7 I was VERY BLESSED to get a week ago !!
Let's hope more QUALITY normal bias blank cassettes will be made as well.
Type 2 is better
I still own two three head decks, a Sony and a Nakamichi and I never stopped collection high-end cassettes, type II and type iv. This will be a welcome release.
Great news, I hope they make the transport mechanism available so many HiFi brands can have a go at it.
I doubt that. But even before that let's hope it is truly high-quality as for the heads!
Sankyo transports used in the premium Nakamichi's and the Revox direct drive transports..where the best..you could build a house on them..
I only use cassette decks from eighties with soft-touch mechanical keys. They are cheap to buy here, because noone wants them. When something goes wrong I just send it to a friend for spare parts and buy another one.
Yes Japaneese decks cassette are best Sony ,Technics Yamaha and pioneer etc and of course nackaminchi spelt wrong ok apologies
I for one can't wait, tired of gambling on used decks that last a few, days, few month's, I bought lasted an hour
Problem: the current tape formulations suck
this didnt age well, reminds me of the post commodore days, every year a new amiga that will rise to please the masses was just around the corner
Japan companies are still quiet. They should start again for tapes and decks.
Although I welcome news like that, I would also like to point out that there are so many great decks in existence. I'd rather see a better spare part supply for all the amazing machines we already have - namely magnetic heads, quality motors and pinch rollers. VFDs would also be greatly appreciated.
Preach!!!! All we really need is the production of quality replacement parts!
If the resurgence of the cassette decks is successful I can see improvement parts for older decks being made just like they do for older Turntables
Simply because of the ridiculous price of cassettes you knew they'd be reintroduced. The money will be made on the blanks not the hardware. I predicted this two years ago. I'm putting my money on tascam for the same reason analog is being reappeciated in the amateur music recording arena.
A full year on, nothing from Tascam. Time for you to update this announcement.
I have several times in comments and another video. As explained We Are Rewind and Recording the Masters were planning on releasing a deck but unfortunately they discovered that the project was too expensive for them and the end user to they both dropped it
@@anadialog Understood. Thank you.
Hi. After more then 1 year we see no quality cassette decks or tapes and I find this normal. Nobody will throw the money out the window and invest in an obsolete technology. Tascam CD-A580 or TEAC W-1200 are NOT quality cassette decks. What to do with a cassette deck ? For analog sound is enaugh to buy a good turntable and old vinyls... The sound will be better than any cassette deck. BTW... All the new vinyls are digitally remastered or recorded...
Indeed. As explained in other subsequent videos people like RTM tried to produce a serious deck but in the end the cost were just too high. Everyone fails due to the lack of the different quality components.
In case, that these news is true, I‘m curious when Technics releases a new large, heavy and impressing tape recording machine… We‘ll see….
"Imperfect Sound Forever". Lol! Analog can never be perfect. The trick is to take it to a level as close to perfect as possible and manage the imperfections. Some imperfections make music sound more endearing, think about quality tube amplication and high-quality well pressed LPs of great analog recordings. But the cassette at 1 & 7/8 IPS with those small magnetic tracks? Kind of like setting foot on the moon mankind (specifically electronic and mechanical engineers) had performed a similar feat by the late eighties with the lowly Compact Cassette, a Philips invention originally never envisioned as something particularly high-fidelity. That's when progress stopped, heck everything stopped. Not a single audiophile level cassette deck has ben made since roughly 1990. All decks made since have been mostly the same crappy quality only outwardly dressed as different tape machines. They're literally the "insult to injury" to the medium's demise. Only, a lot of folks either didn't get or refused to read that decree of death memo Sadly, however, the ones who could make new machines encompassing over three-decades of electric and mechanical advancements have no financial interest in doing so. Not unlike the stalling of the pharmaceutical industries research into new antibiotics (to get this back on track there had to be a crisis as well as government incentives), bringing a new more advanced than ever audiophile cassette deck is dead. This interesting video came out in January with the hope that it was real and in just a couple of months there would be an exciting announcement for new Hi-Fi approved decks. It is now six-months later and I smell the scent of death. Nuclear fusion power plants will probably be rolled out before we ever see a truly fantastic cassette deck comparable to the likes of the best Nakamichi, Pioneer, Tandberg, Yamaha, Aiwa, and Studer made decks in the eighties. That smell also has the fragrance of this information being a false alarm I'm sorry to say. You can't fault a guy for dreaming though.
Watching this video made me cringe.
This topic interest me but the way the author is talking is so condescending, it's like he's talking to a baby or a dog.
I'm neither.
Sorry you had that perception. It wasn't my intention. I have the most immense respect for my audience and subscribers and always say the raw truth on my videos and related aspects.
Great News we are Waiting for Cassettes era ❤️
This was almost 1.8 years ago, which are the models which have been released since Jan 2022
Unfortunately things went in a different direction, here is the update: ua-cam.com/video/y9ozZNLfO10/v-deo.htmlsi=izOal0A5DXsmzZMl
Good news of cassettes decks making a comeback and with this there would be availability if spare parts zldo .I have NAKAMICHI CR7 ,682 ZX lying with me for more than five years .The CR 7 had a problem of going to recording mode while under playback mode .
My 682 ZX needs new RP heads and pp caps to restore like almost new .
Hope so if it happens otherwise I will sell them as it is for spare parts .
You'll be better off looking for a good repair tech and restoring what you have, rather than hoping the new products are an improvement over your old Naks. I'll keep an open mind, but I'm skeptical by nature.
That would be huge impact, analog for life 👍
I highly doubt anyone will design a decent deck mech it will be some cheap Chinese made item .
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Then we don't have any news...I understood that we are talking of a redesign of transport and heads...if not, you are correct then...🤞🤞🤞
What would be great is direct drive and pole-less motors (such as kollmogen) for zero cogging. Hopefully the distortion could be brought down below .5%.
But could they engineer vibration out of the motors enough that it would be at belt drive levels? Tape would be more sensitive to that than, say, vinyl would, so what passes for ultra-low wow and flutter for an SL-1200GR might not hack it in your average tape deck. But if they could do that, I'd definitely be down for that.
@@cubdukat kollmorgen motors have no windings so there is essentially no cogging. That would reduce wow and flutter down which would greatly reduce vibration.
The best way to cut down on wow and flutter is heavy capstan assembly flywheels. All the cheap-o transports from China use flimsy light flywheels. They need to be big and heavy to work correctly. It is just a slab of balanced round metal people!
My thoughts are these: A new 'high quality' cassette deck surely isn't going to have Dolby. And the current Walkman from Recording The Masters isn't a high quality machine, so I am not getting excited about anything produced by them.
There is also at least one other one in production...🤞
Agree on current "high-end decks" that they are only good enough to compete with mid-90s decks (the Teac W-1200, which is decent enough). But who needs Dolby ? I think Teac/Tascam's solution with a noise gate is better since it works on anything and actually gives back Dolby B results - it can also play Dolby B.
Finally good quality new gear ?! I was tired to see the "cassette return" as just a lo-fi effect. Cassettes need a more accurate image ^^
I hope so! 🤞
Yes, this is a very very great. THX :-D
Fingers crossed 🤞, the news got my heart pumping. ive Got 2 early 90s Denon Decks, both mint, but 1 stopped playing, will have to get it fixed. Wouldn't a brand new deck and Blank tapes be mind blowing! But still love the Nostalgia involved with the original decks and Cassettes. Cheers Grant 👍
This is great news!! Looking forward for a wonderful future for us cassette lovers.
You would think superior cassette decks COULD be made, but the 2020s, however, the investment to do so , would be prohibiteble. L !
Enjoying my Braun C4 and Teac R9000, so a new Deck would be great
I heard that Dolby is NOT issuing new licenses. Without Dolby I can't use new tape decks. However, the ABUSE of power can be avoided by changing the law.
Sounds Great!
Good news but wait and see.
Even if I'm French and be realy happy to see a nice high quality French tape deck I have to say that Mulann Industries, now RTM, was in judicial review in 2020 and is still a fragile company.
Hot topic. Market does need a better quality cassette deck than what is out there. Just had my Nakamichi repaired up to snuff. Enjoy that analog sound.
You hear of any updates on this? Just curious. Thanks :)
Right here (but nothing exciting): ua-cam.com/video/63CU_Fzv1jk/v-deo.html
Great news from the little birdie! I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with also Your acting at the beginning of the video should be up for an Oscar…🙂
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i purchased a Revox B215 last year that had been serviced with new pinch wheels and re - caped for a Bargain price of £1,000 and with it being Direct Drive no Belts to worry about, but i would be nice to see a new High Quality Deck but it would have to be good to beat my Revox
no belts to worry about LOL - but as you clearly mentioned pinch wheels or rare to find idler tires ...ect. They are not service friendly but so beautiful when working.!! As you know ! Nothing modern will touch even mid range Tape decks from the 80s - 90s. Just won't happen unless there is some boutique limited and out of reach item.
As good as the Revox? for now it is impossible if other companies jump in, could be...it's like starting over, the first will be so so, better than the fake Chinese we have no....in a few years competition may trigger good stuff
@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 Did not come cassette tires with dolby S type year 93-94?
@@Andersljungberg Dolby S did arrive around that time,yes. I didn't really have much experience using it myself.Prerecorded tapes were made using Dolby B,which was more compatible with a wider range of decks.The industry standard cassette of choice for making those was BASF true chromes,rather than the ferrichrome formulations latterly adopted by other brands in the "type 2" setting.Dolby S was intended to bring about a dynamic range that was closer to CD,and potentially rival the new digital options of Sony minidisc and DAT at the time,although it didn't really take off and failed largely to grab the public's attention.
It will probably do well if it's as good as a low end Sony or Pioneer type hi fi separates deck from the 80s or 90s. It won't get close to your Revox.
In the dark. Need more info.
My Pioneer 606 sounds to me like a good machine like the Sony i had before that. Think there were many good machines during the 90s, tapes were good too....but my machines.....i think they were and are just avarage? They are not exceptional so other decks must have sounded even better. Tried some tapes and they sound fresh open,only a Memorex metal tape from 84 sounded dull even with dolby off which is strange for a metal tape recorded with dolby on. Basf super chrome 2 sounded great like all other chromes from Maxell,TDK,Sony, and Thats i bought these days.. Wouldn't surprise me if other chromes sound great too.
The tape era stopped in 2000 and not because they are bad products
Cassettes, most are pleasant sounding products..
New decks? Buy a 90s model, cheaper than a new one.
another little bird told me that there is a former german manufacturer planning to release a premium tapedeck in late '22 😉 designed in germany but assembled in china 🤷🏻♂️
That could be the second one I heard about...!!
@@anadialog There will definitely be something happening this year. New tape heads are already in production and the deck will have the typical late 70s look. The factory is not far from here, as soon as there is info or pictures i will contact you (if you want)
Yes! Please do! Thx
Very interesting. Hope it takes off for my own selfish desires!!
The problem should be the mechanism not the tape head. There are already basic tape heads like dm62 or similar things still producting since 80s or 90s. But the tape mechanism is definitly been down grade since there are no need for high grade decks. In this era. A CNC bulid full direct driven mech should not be a big problem to make. But it will cost tons of money and I dont think most enthusiasts will pay crazy money for that.
I think a lot more is possible now with SOLID STATE HEADS like the Philips DCC Decks had. Like a CCD camera sensor easily made on wavers and manufactured with a glass shell. Problem is the BIAS that needs probably a new name for this kind of flat head and its function. It basically becomes a BACKUP DRIVE with separate pads (coils with a gap) for record and playback. No fantasy, really.
The transpprt mechanism is easy to do. Not complicated at all. We simply don't have it now but it is easy to make. Quality tape heads is one of the most difficult and expensive things to do. I know because I spoke with a true expert on this. The lamination process of quality heads is something that can't be done from one day to another, you need a set of other manufacturers in order to achieve a quality head like a permalloy, sendust etc etc. Plus it has to reach at least a 20hz-20khz frequency response.
This makes me very happy. I have been trying to find a reasonably priced cassette deck for a while now. Hoping these aren't crazy expensive. Thanks for the heads up. BTW, I tried one of the HDMI to IIS box you rec'd but it didn't work with my DAC [Topping D70s]. Oh well. Cheers from USA!
Sorry to hear that! What is the source? Did you try to modify the connectors of the HDMI plugs? Hard but feasible...
Well, what do you know?, it's nice to know that cassettes are really coming back to life. good thing I've still got my AKAI & CARVER cassette tape decks working. In fact I listen to it once in while.
Great news, looking forward to seeing what is released - new year exciting audio options.
I hope I am wrong but I have a feeling these new decks will just be similar to what Teac/Tascam currently produce. It's unlikely that any company is going to go all in making their own mechanisms so they will in all likelihood use the same CSG mechanisms Teac/Tascam uses. That isn't such a bad thing as the Teac/Tascam decks do a decent job in terms of reliability and features, it's the heads and the plasticky flywheel that lets the mechanism's performance down, so if they could work with the manufacturer to improve those things we could get something very decent. I doubt we'll see Dolby making a comeback but given there is a software Dolby B/C encoder/decoder available it might be possible to have those included in the OS of a new deck.
A new deck like the dragon would be cool. But i think thats a little unrealistic
it won't be anything like that.
Exactly...I hope it's good, excellent may come after if others start to produce
@@anadialog it's definitely possible to see a Nak like deck again if these gain enough traction. I just want the auto azimuth!
They wouldn't sell enough so the cost would be prohibitive.
APR 2023. If we just knew how expensive new old stock chrome and metal cassettes were going to become, and are selling for online, we could thus afford serviced vintage Nakamichi decks, amongst that greade, from dealers who are charging $2 to over $5k.
That's so awesome! I was about to give a shot on a portastudio 488 mkii, but I thnik I'll wait. Really hope some new 8 tracks decks!! So excited!
My Nakamichi DR-1 is away being repaired, unfortunately spare parts are as rare as hen’s teeth.
I have so many cassettes mostly self recordings off radio and vinyl going back to 1972 which I still treasure but at present cannot play.
I knew cassettes would make a comeback! Lol....Glad I have kept most of mine from years ago.
When when when?????? And yet, When you said, "they are investing a tone of $$$" might be they would want to get investment quickly which means high price tag for the unit, ouch!
Hello, it's hard to believe but if it does, it will be something extra, I have a Pioneer deck myself and a small Denon, plus one tape recorder from Poland, but I'm very curious about these new models. I keep my fingers crossed for it to succeed :)
I'm glad I still have my Sony WMD6 Walkman Pro that I bought new in 2006 from a shop that had a hand full in stock at $225.00 a piece. It still works like charm!
Old cassette decks whoever manufacturer is did not have long standing reliable mechanism. New manufacturer should think about this - chewing the beginning of the cassette tapes.
The vinyl resurgence is no longer novel, so it's on to the next thing....
It doesn’t need to be. Have you seen the prices the past few years ? And people are willing to pay them. Pressing plants have never been busier
I still have brand new never opened sony metal tapes. The one i opened and recorded onto sounds great.
I like my serviced NAKs 480, LX-5, and RX-505...Good quality! Even the 480. Not too interested in black plastic units. BUT, it is good news for everybody!
Yes, I like my MR1 Nakamichi. Would love to get a CR7.
At first let us just hope they are better than the current TEAC decks.
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I have a JVC DD-7 it makes pretty good tapes with the good old TDK D series. Still looking for a tape that will match it. Was finding good slightly used ones at a st. vinnies dig and save but somebody waits at the door to open and gets those now. Used to find a dozen with a radio program recorded on them with just a few play backs if any it was a true bargain find. That guy is a scourge because he also did that with the electronics he just pulled everything of the shelves and filled his shopping carts. 15 minutes after opening nothing left. I used to find stuff there including that JVC DD-7 by the way that deck is really nice it makes good tapes and has been by far the most reliable deck I've had. The direct drive motor and Sendust heads they still look new and I've put 15000 hours on it since I found it used what a gem.
New Teac/Tascam? New Technics or Sony or Pioneer? I cannot wait for a brand new hi-end tape deck!!! I hope with HX-Pro, Dolby B C and S, and with digitally controlled direct-drive motors.
1/8" tape never die...
I'm afraid dolby has stopped licensing for using dolby b or c etc... on decks since I think 2014 my friend!!! Yes noise reduction does exist on tape players of today it's just not dolby! Unless in the future tape decks take off like vinyl has again over recent years its unlikely dolby will come back, so fingers crossed a surge of tape playing becomes a future market we could see dolby return! Thankfully I haven't stopped listening to vinyl or tapes since the 1980's my pioneer tape still has all the dolby trimmings!!!
@@BradyBoy1 in 2020/2021 I've bought two restored cassette decks, both with Dolby B, C, S, a Sony TC-KB820S and a Teac V8030S... listening to the cassettes through my Italian Class A tube amplifier Mastersound Box is so sublime!!!
So... I still collect unopened blank cassettes 😅 from Maxell to TDK or Sony...
@@1theflexable Hi there, I almost purchased an Italian tube amplifier Synthesis Roma 96D summer 2021 but with a 3 year old girl running around house I opted for a solid state! Maybe
@@1theflexable sorry didn't get a chance to finish before I mistakenly hit send, Maybe in the future when she's a few years older! I'm happy you got a restored tape deck for yourself with all the dolby trimmings! Enjoy the music my friend!!! 👍
@@BradyBoy1 ahah I've chosen the Mastersound Box because it is in rack shape, tubes and transformers are well protected by the metal cover, and then I've put all my electronic devices in an old-style stereo rack with top and front glasses... obviously leaving "air" on the top of the tube amp, it heats like a coal stove!!! 😅 you can cook on that!!!
Mastersound Box and Sinthesis Roma 96 DC have the same electronic architecture, with more or less the same scheme, the difference is only in the number of final tubes, two per channel on the Sinthesis (Class A, 25 W), three per channe on the Mastersound (Class A, 35 W)
Totally interested…..keep us posted….. I LOVE my cassettes on my Marantz cassette deck….I find the sound staging interesting on cassettes. For example….I have The Doors LA Woman on cassette - a release by Elektra in Germany and it’s probably the best sounding ‘anything’ I have in my collection of music!!!!!!! I love how it just comes across on the speakers…..stereo sound at its best……I am from 1966 so I was brought up on vinyl and cassettes and still have 80% of all my records and about 95% of the cassettes I bought since I was a child. I have a Dual 1019 record player with a Nagaoka MP110 cartridge and Leak 30 and Leak 70 amps from the 60s (I swap them over) and Leak mini sandwich speakers……I have a tech nearby who’s a friend and he has done wonders inside them with Mundorf caps etc etc
Great stuff man, great stuff indeed!
@@anadialog and if u remember it’s cos of YOU that I got the Dual 1019 and absolutely happy….
Please Nakamichi give is a modern dragon! You must still have the designs and technical papers to build these beautiful machines again!
Hello sir I m from India
Hi there and welcome!
Awesome news, as the finest analog source R2R is just so expensive and the cassette recorded from a quality master could be a ton of fun ! Might have to source a NOS head unit for the cars?
i want pioneer cassette deck back cause they
Always offer high end technology...
Keen. Pls distribute to australia 240v versions
That's great news dear Guido and i'm buying one for sure since they will be released out in the market ASAP .
I do love tapes and cassettes as f@,k 🙂
Love from Greece Nick here 🙂
Πατριώτη ! Βρές και αγόρασε ένα καλό μονό τρικέφαλο. Κάνε ένα καλό σέρβις και θα έχεις μηχάνημα για μια ζωή. Ότι βγει σήμερα θα είναι κατώτερο της εποχής της κασέτας. Ενα Aiwa AD-F850 για αρχή είναι άριστο !
Let's hope it's truly good!
@@DimitrisPapadopoulos1980 Καλησπερα Δημητρη και σε ευχαριστω για καλα σου λογια οσο για το Aiwa AD-850 το εχω ιδει εδω και σχεδον 27 χρονια απο καινουριο . Να σου πω την αληθεια συμφωνω μαζι σου 100% μονο στην περιπτωση που βγαλουν κατι πραγματικα αξιολογο θσ σκεφτομουν να αγορασω ενα καινουριο .
Καλο σου απογευμα .. Νικος απο Θεσσ/νικη 🙂
@@anadialog Yes let's hope indeed , but it would be a great surprise to see something real interesting about cassette decks having seeing only crappy new machines so far .
@@Badassvidsz Την αγάπη μου από την Ρόδο. Έχω αρκετά κασετόφωνα. Από δικέφαλο Yamaha μέχρι το Sony KA6ES. To Value for money που αγόρασα με 50 € είναι το Aiwa AD-F850 και για αυτό το συστήνω. Αλήθεια κασέτες από που προμηθεύεσαι???
Bring back reel to reel!
That has already started, we just need more affordable players.
Here is a video I made on the topic: ua-cam.com/video/38_SVIa8BDQ/v-deo.html
I believe 4 track portastudio type machines are going to be coming soon from tascam or another company. Currently available mechanisms and 4 track heads used in Walkman clones could easily be adapted to work as a 4 track portastudio style machine for very little investment. Towards the end of the cassettes life manufactures of high speed duplication equipment experimented with PWM magnetic recording and this allowed for a much greater MOL and audio fidelity. Perhaps some of these innovations could be incorporated into a modern deck?
I really hope that some new portastudio will be released!
I'm with you on this. About time this happened. I'm hoping for a professional portable tape recorder brand new a bit like the Sony field recorder
I think this will be like when Polaroid got there instant film technology bought out. It’s all gonna be boutique and expensive.
We await
You need to follow though to be informed, not just await. Here is the update: ua-cam.com/video/y9ozZNLfO10/v-deo.htmlsi=6vNhwLDYBEymohHj
The transport mechanism is one of the most important. Most cassette decks currently on the market use a similar if not the same cheap-o transport. Yes. Tape heads are important, especially for running tape types which have historically been more abrasive.
When I hear that TDK is putting the SA and SA-X back into production or Maxell and their UD-XL I and II, I will take notice.
French? Can the French do anything right? They have never been able to get their car brands mainstream in the U.S. Their latest attempt is through the conglomerate Stellantis, joining FIAT who has almost already taken the Chrysler brand down.
No. If it's French, it won't sell in the U.S. It's gonna take a Tascam, Sony or Pioneer to make cassette viable in the U.S. again.
Sure, new pre-recorded cassettes are popping up again, but so are 8-track cartridges and R2R tapes, but those are at 15 i.p.s. There never were many R2R decks which play at 15 i.p.s. Then, there are the prices. Who can afford this stuff?
Hi i leave un France And i can tell you that it’s impossible to buy french cassette in my own country. The production is far as 200km from me and i buy it in…Germay! I.m not shure i can have a cassette deck if they made one. That’s France… i Samy that and i am French…
@@jeave6286 Actualy I've bought RTM 1/4'' tapes for my reel to reels, but I didn't buy them directly from RTM, it was a part of an order I did to Thomann.
I hope coming back "that's / taiyo yuden" or "tdk" ... But i hope MADE IN JAPAN.
I am hoping that we can get high-quality cassette decks that will play all types of blank cassette tapes and I really love the 120 minute blank cassette tapes and they sound great
There’s something wonderful about recording on Contacts which I love I especially love the PDK cassettes and the max sells 120 minute because that takes. we need cassette text I can play all types of cassettes from types one to four that would be great especially ones with a wire to erase had I like those a lot better.
Also how about a Nakamichi Reel to Reel tape machine built to handle modern tape formulations!
Bring on the dragon deck!!!!
The Dragon II from Nakamichi Japan.
Let us hope this does come too pass. Would be great- will await developments with interest.
METAL cassettes!!! Awesome Analog sound!!!
The USA should not let an opportunity like this pass by!
The only manufacturer I can see producing new decks is Revox. They have been selling manufactured refurbished B215 using NOS spare parts. The only other alternative is if Elon Musk gets into cassette tapes and buys the rights to the Nakamichi brand name as a joke that turned to reality like he did with Twitter. Along with all the Nak IP, trademarks that still exist, reverse engineer everything, recruit the best available engineers, resurrect the original Japanese Nak engineers from the dead with black magic etc. Backing the project with a couple of billion dollars. Not too much to ask....
That’s right! Elon please help!
Any update on this?
Right here: ua-cam.com/video/y9ozZNLfO10/v-deo.htmlsi=fUu7OtB2i46NoV49
@@anadialog Thank you very much!
What would be nice is if they offer a silver faced deck, among other colors. Am I asking for too much?
Please make a video when one is announced. I’d love to buy a new cassette deck. When I was a kid, I always played with cassettes. You’ve gotten me back into it. I’d love to be able to buy a modern one though. Just to keep forever.
You bet!
Well, since this video was published the only NEW cassette mechanism seems to be a better build quality Tanashin clone with a better motor. A step up from the pre 2022 Tanashin clones but not by much (except for a much better motor).
Update is here: ua-cam.com/video/y9ozZNLfO10/v-deo.htmlsi=W4L4NS9qF8mdg_hd
Good thing I didn’t sell my Nakamichi
oooo my god new cassette deck release nice nice
Amazing development. Whew!
How about a new walkman??
Well, they tried that (RTM)...didn't go well. Once again they didn't aim at high quality. Here is the vid I made: ua-cam.com/video/E-zqqTQ1p5I/v-deo.html
@@anadialog thank but those are trash. I am hoping for something like DD-9ii