Re: arsclist Duplicating casette tapes

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Title: Re: arsclist Duplicating casette tapes

> I think you'll get better results doing
> real-time duplication (or 2x at the most) in a Sony or perhaps Kenwood
> (I'm not sure of their current models, I have a good older model) or
> Teac dual-well deck.

We use both a Marantz PMD510 and a Sony TC-WR11ES dual deck for dubbing cassettes. I like the Sony because it has a pause button--we do a lot of copying from multiple sources.

> However, you might also consider copying
> them to CD-R rather than other cassettes.

Or you might consider doing what we do: original recordings on DAT (you can record at 48 KHz on DAT, you only get 44.1 on CD). The material could be backed up to DAT, or captured on a computer.

Barbara Need

Language Labs and Archives

University of Chicago

> I use a Nakamichi Dragon for cassette
> playback and a pair of Sony CDRW33 machines for recording. That will
> extract as much quality as you can hope for.
>
> http://www.vignettesmedia.com/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
> At 01:00 PM 8/1/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > We are beginning an oral
> > history project and plan to purchase equipment to make reference
> > copies of the original cassette tapes. Is it best to purchase a dual
> > cassette deck such as a Sony or RCA, etc. or are there decks that are
> > best for duplicating tapes that are not manufactured to be part of a
> > stereo system? I would appreciate any advice on this
> > subject.
> > Thanks
> >  
> > Melinda Curley
> > Photo Archivist
> > LCRA Archives
> > P. O. Box 220  M016
> > Austin, TX 78767-0220
> > (512) 473-3296
> > (512) 473-3211 fax
> > melinda.curley@xxxxxxxx
> > www.lcra.org
> >  
> >
> >

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