Talk:Cassette deck

message: "Some audiophiles believe that cassette deck technology, due to its analog nature, provides sound recordings superior to current digital technology, such as CDR and DAT."
Does anyone really believe cassettes are sonically superior to CDs and DAT tapes? I have heard many audiophiles extol the virtues of analogue tape, but they were talking about reel-to-reel tape, not cassettes. AdorableRuffian 01:06, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Some audiophiles do believe this. Noise reduction systems like dbx can even expand dynamic range to near CD quality.--Blainster 22:16, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Some people use them in recording studio chains because the saturation of the magnetic tape serves as a good compressor for drum beats, which they claim can't be duplicated by anything else. — Omegatron 12:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Tape in recording studio chains is either 1/2" or 2" tape, not cassette tape. It's a completely different material.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.237.162.37 (talk) 19:09, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Agreed. Is there a citation for this? I haven't met a single person who has cassettes are better than CDs.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.237.163.118 (talk) 17:34, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Analog golden ears

message: "Cassette players pioneered the modern set of control buttons, play, pause, stop, record, fast forward and rewind. "
: Where did the triangular and square symbols for these buttons come from?  What meaning did the words "pause" and "play" have before they were used on cassette decks that made them good names for these keys?  "Playing back a recording" wouldn't have meant anything until after audio recording was invented. — Omegatron 12:52, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  From reel to reel decks Tabby 11:46, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

text: The functions certainly existed on r-r decks and recorders but it was during the era of the cassette deck that the symbols - square for stop, right-facing filled-in triangle for play, etc., were standardized. I remember reading that some industry standard organization was involved, but I can't remember which one. Jeh (talk) 17:48, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Symbols 

message: What was the name of the auto next track feature?  Wasn't the length of silence between songs patented?  That probably deserves a mention here.  I remeber it being called sps5 oor something similar on one tape deck I saw. Betterthanalemur (talk) 19:37, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Just about every electronics manufacturer had their own name for it. SPSS was Hitachi's name ("Self Program Search System"). The length of silence between songs on a prerecorded tape was pretty much the same as it was on the corresponding LP, since they were made from the same master tape; I strongly doubt that that could have been "patented," though specific implementations of the search system might well have been. Jeh (talk) 06:02, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Auto Next Track 

message: At present, the article for Nakamichi claims *they* were the first... and the article for Technics claims *they* were the first... though neither article cites a source for that claim...
86.25.121.157 (talk) 13:31, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  So who was the first to introduce machines with 3 heads ? 

message: The article says that by the late 2000s, the installation of tape decks in cars ceased. If so, what was the last car that had a cassette deck as a standard option and when was it rolled out? Thanks. ---Ransom (--67.91.216.67 (talk) 17:09, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The 2010 Lexus SC 430, according to a recent report in the New York Times. Feel free to add this to the article. —mjb (talk) 02:36, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last car with a tape deck? 

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message: Possibly the last significant development in cassette tape technology (mid 1990's) was the use of thin film (Magnetoresistive) head technology used on all DCC decks and one standalone cassette deck (Technics RS-AZ7)  86.166.75.243 (talk) 10:14, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, but to put something in the article we'll need a better source than a forum post. Forum posts are user-generated content with no editorial oversight - we don't consider those reliable sources. See WP:RS. Jeh (talk) 10:53, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Thin film head technology

message: * Formerly (and quite counterintuitively), the article covered all Compact Cassette recorders and players including boomboxes, shoebox cheapos, densukes etc. This caused quite a confusion at commons, creating half-separate, half-merging category trees of recorders and decks. At wikidata, there is cassette deck for Compact Cassette recorders in general and cassette deck proper (lacking built-in amp and speakers). Most interwikis, including this en: article, lean to the former while only the nl: belongs to the latter. 
* However, current en: article lead clearly pronounces the latter meaning ("A cassette deck ... does not have a built-in power amplifier or speakers, and serves primarily as a transport"). Is this a sort of consensus today, or not? What is the scope of the article? Retired electrician (talk) 12:42, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is, exactly, the scope of the article? 

message: proposes deleting  because it is unsourced. The section has been marked as unsourced since 2019. We generally don't delete unsourced material unless the content is challenged. Erpert's first deletion rationale was  so it does not appear that everything is being challenged so everything in the section does not need to be deleted. ~Kvng (talk) 13:23, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh...yes, we do. Erpert blah, blah, blah... 19:24, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

text: I have encountered individual editors who interpret WP:BURDON in this way but I have not seen community support for this editing pattern of removing longstanding uncited materiel and then demanding other editors supply citations before restoring it. ~Kvng (talk) 12:59, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not "demanding" anything. More importantly, editors interpret WP:BURDEN that way because, well, it's a guideline. Erpert blah, blah, blah... 15:29, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry if I'm making assumptions based on past experience with other editors who are aggressive in their interpretation and application of WP:BURDEN. I think the best way to start dealing with this material is to tag it as unsourced. Editors can work through it to improve it. If no sources are forthcoming, I usually end up thinning considerably. ~Kvng (talk) 16:02, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decline in popularity