Introduction
This is a very opinionated guide to help in the purchase and use of
cassette decks. It is aimed in general at people who trade tapes of live
music and in particular at Grateful Dead tape traders. I do not in anyway
condone the sale or purchase of unauthorized recordings. I have no
financial interest in any of the companies mentioned.
Most of this is based on my own experiences. I have also taken into
account the opinions of people I trust regarding audio equipment. Thanks
go to the following:
- Ken Hays of Terrapin Tapes
- The good people of Audio Systems, Austin, TX
- Marc Nutter of Sonic Sense
- John Longmire
- Eric Doherty
- Jeff Tiedrich
- Melissa Agar
- Jeff Maggard
- The many contributors to the various Usenet newsgroups including:
- rec.music.gdead
- rec.audio.high-end
- rec.audio.opinion
- rec.audio.pro
- the Phish FAQ
- Converted to HTML by Mark Leone
I welcome all comments, suggestions and questions. If your favorite
cassette deck is not listed here and you think it should be, tell me about
it and what decks you compared it to.
In future editions I hope to include a glossary of terms if I can figure
out how I want to put it together.
Continued in Part 1