D. played the "Immortal Beloved" soundtrack which he had dubbed onto a Maxell Chromium Dioxide tape last night, and darned if it didn't sound super, super close to the CD. Makes you wonder about stratospheric S/N ratings and Dynamic range- how much can the 40 year-old ear hear? For kicks I put a thrift store ninety-nine cent CrO2 pre-recorded copy of the Rolling Stones "Dirty Work" into my old Sony KA1ESA deck and I was also impressed. Who knows what that tape has been through? Apparently, tape made some real strides as a recording medium technology that found their way into relatively inexpensive consumer decks by the late eighties. At that time I never had the money to invest in a quality deck. It's a limited format for me now- can't even use it in the car- but as D. pointed out while we were listening, the process of sorting through the discs, adjusting the record level and pausing or fading between tracks all has a wonderful nostalgic feel that ripping files to a hard drive just can't capture.
My wife has discovered that among the myriad items individuals dispose of by donating to thrift stores are articles of the fancy or frilly s...
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