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whatz up with tape input/outputs?

Does anyone share this line of thought? Are there that many tape users that almost every preamp/intergrated...regardless of price...still has these functions? Can these inputs/outputs be used for anything else? I had a newer NAD intergrated that 2 sets of tape i/os!...and didnt have a phono section! Anyways...with the current trend toward simplicity and pure sound(at least at my price point)...I think eliminating these at the entry level might be beneficial,,,or am I out to lunch? talk to me audiogoners....happy holidays....
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jea48
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I use them for my CD burner....
leedistad
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well, of course you can use them for other sources.

As far as the lack of a phono section, performance-wise you would be better off with a separate phono pre-amp.
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viridian
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The tape loop is also often referred to as the "processor loop" because, if you have a device that processes the sound at line level, in the analogue domain, I am thinking here of EQs, dynamic range expanders, etc., you can place them in the tape loop and easily bypass them when the effect is not called for.
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