Cassette Tapes..Dolby B or C?

Tvad

I was not being tongue in cheek.

Bob P

I think both of those statements can be true.

To my ears (as a digital "disser") CDs

1) accentuate frequencies - or add information? - that I find fatiguing.

But at the same time, digital often has

2) an absence of certain spatial cues, harmonic overtones, richness and depth.

In the case of a CD archived on a tape, I see no reason why the tape can't improve on point 1) and perhaps sound better.

Obviously, it can't create the missing info from point 2.
One audio writer, years ago, described the low noise of CDs as a silence of absence, not a silence of presence.

Nonetheless, perhaps the noise of analogue is in some way creates a better illusion of that, even with the information that was "missing" from the CD.

Cwlondon, you might enjoy experimenting with recording your CDs to cassette tape using a good Dolby B/C cassette deck and high quality tape (like the TDK SA). Cassette decks are dirt cheap these days...probably less than a jar of contact enhancer.

:)

Tvad

Yes, maybe I should scrap this high end, WAV file music server idea, and just move my entire CD collection to cassette tapes.

I do think that would be an improvement!

Server, shmerver. Go low tech. The drive will eventually just crash anyway.

:)

The Dragon is a great cassette deck, but like expensive cars, you have to be willing to spend money on getting it up to spec and periodic maintenance. Once I got my machine working perfectly I have not needed service for over 2 years, and it gets a lot of use.