I started doing this in the late '70's. It was an addiction so strong that I used to go in department stores to their stereo department with a cassette tape in my pocket and sneak recordings on their best tape decks! I had to make my mix tapes on good stereo systems and I still listen to my mixtapes even to this day. I'm talking 25 - 35 year old tapes.
Hi-fidelity ain't what it used to be.
A great stereo system used to contain a good powerful receiver or amp/tuner, cassette deck, turntable, and two nice two-way or three-way speakers. And when the CD player was introduced the sound got much better. And to this day nothing sounds as good as a CD(mp3's are heavily compressed).
Originally Posted by kerwil62
Thats no bs kerwil, I was a stereo fanatic in the 70's, and 80's, had a McIntosh, amp, preamp, tuner, Akai 747 reel to reel, Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck, and thorens turntable, Bose 901's, and klipshorn floor standing speakers.Made lots of mixed tapes, I could shake all the windows in my house with that system. When I lived in Kingwood at an apartment in the 80's almost got me thrown out a few times for being to loud. Lol