Re: [AV Media Matters] Microcassette

[joe salerno <salernoj@swbell.net>]

I recall some magazine statements about a microcassette music format that
was being worked on - with metal tape formulations and dolby C noise
reduction. A hifidelity format the size of a postage stamp or close to. Some
thought microcassettes would graduate from voice only to a viable tape music
format, as the larger cassette before it had done thanks to Ray Dolby.
Didn't happen, CDs were coming on the market about that same time.

Joe Salerno
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----- Original Message -----

>'Serious' hi-fi enthusiasts treated these cassette systems with disdain
but
>of course these new tapes were intended for normal people, not dedicated
>audio buffs. .... whilst Philips called their the compact cassette and for
a
>while the odds were even as to which system would succeed (pre-recorded
>musicassettes were announced for both formats