New HIGH-QUALITY cassette decks are about to be released?!

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[johnnysmile]

We need japanese brands to build cassette decks Like in the past

[analogue]

That's great man! We need a quality cassette decks to pair with our hi end turntables!

[bubexpress]

i'm really a fan of cassettes and cassettes are making a comeback so i hope we can see some good quality cassette decks again

[TheStOne]

Something is going on in the music industry. This isn't just some gimmick for nostalgic people, they are somehow creating something new and better by going back...

[PlayitagainVHS]

If you ❤ Cassettes, please give a thumbs up!!!👍

[SayedSakhawatHuzoor]

Great News we are Waiting for Cassettes era ❤️

[sidvicious]

I still own two three head decks, a Sony and a Nakamichi and I never stopped collection high-end cassettes, type II and type iv. This will be a welcome release.

[MrNicks-gnjc]

I am enjoying my Tascam 202 MK 7 I was VERY BLESSED to get a week ago !!

Let's hope more QUALITY normal bias blank cassettes will be made as well.

[Wildknaap]

Great news! Did the bird also chime some technical specs, like quartz locked, dual capstan, direct drive and three head?

[dominikgs]

I think the new ones should be one step further than Philips DCC if you want to attract new customers.
Furthermore it should be able to record and play digital and analog.
Noise reduction from Dolby isn't available anymore so there should be a new type of noise reduction. I would go the digital signal processing path because of its huge amount of possibilities of nowadays processors.

Just my opinion as electronics engineer

[jimboblivesforever]

Call me a cynic, but considering Mulann's track record with hardware (Remember Mystik?), I don't expect anything that exceeds the quality of the very mediocre Tascam 202, which basically is two Tanashin mechanisms wrapped in a tascam shell. Unless Mulann/RTM actually develop a new mechanism (which I doubt at this point), a new tapehead design, while it would be a good thing, won't be able to fix the currently available Tanashin mechanism's issues.
What makes me so sceptical is the Mystik Portable Cassette Player disaster. It was basically a standard chinese low-end portable design repackaged in a fancy case, but three times as expensive. That's probably why it failed the kickstarter, and the RTM and Mulann people were very aggressive towards critics, which probably didn't help. So for now, I really hope they learned from their mistakes, but at this point in time I expect more of the same. I'll be happy to be positively surprised.

[francis]

We want Nakamichi, Otari, ReVox, Studer, Teac and Tascam back!

[its-all-happening]

This is great news!! Looking forward for a wonderful future for us cassette lovers.

[hugobloemers]

Great news, I hope they make the transport mechanism available so many HiFi brands can have a go at it.

[destijl]

Great news, looking forward to seeing what is released - new year exciting audio options.

[svenschwingel]

Although I welcome news like that, I would also like to point out that there are so many great decks in existence. I'd rather see a better spare part supply for all the amazing machines we already have - namely magnetic heads, quality motors and pinch rollers. VFDs would also be greatly appreciated.

[yoanndrumming]

That's so awesome! I was about to give a shot on a portastudio 488 mkii, but I thnik I'll wait. Really hope some new 8 tracks decks!! So excited!

[rafaelf.bocanegra]

METAL cassettes!!! Awesome Analog sound!!!

[nasraroshan]

Japan companies are still quiet. They should start again for tapes and decks.

[cobrabucket]

This makes me very happy. I have been trying to find a reasonably priced cassette deck for a while now. Hoping these aren't crazy expensive. Thanks for the heads up. BTW, I tried one of the HDMI to IIS box you rec'd but it didn't work with my DAC [Topping D70s]. Oh well. Cheers from USA!