I feel as if I'm in some hi-tech whirl at the moment, with a new phone, router, netbook and not to m...
I feel as if I'm in some hi-tech whirl at the moment, with a new phone, router, netbook and not to mention all the other stuff that keeps needing replacing, I'm no stranger to Currys etc.
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I have been using this deck for two years. It cost around £250 then ,but it's less than £150 now, thanks partly to a strong pound. Grrrr!
Yamaha really have done all they to wring out the last drop of quality from an analogue recording. You have Dolby's B, C AND S (S is a step further on in the battle against the dreaded hiss, and more compatible with B than C is). Good news if you play tapes in the car which only has Dolby B. Also there's HX Pro "headroom expansion" which adjust the machines record characteristics "on the fly", and last but not least, there's a tape-trimming facility which adjusts the machine for the make and type of tape you are using. It does this by making a few seconds of recording, and then plays it back to itself, "making notes" as it goes.
If you combine this with a CD player like my Yamaha CDX-496, which can find the loudest part of a CD selection before you record, thus enabling the optimum record level, then you have a pretty formidable set up. On the subject of sticking to the same make, this deck is compatible with the "synchro-record" on the CD player's remote.
The machine is well made, and within the bounds of it's "blackness" good to look at - its minor controls hide behind a neat flap, but because this means they are recessed, they are a bit fiddly for those with "York Hams" for fists!
All in all, a super bit of kit that acts and feels like it was worth the money.
Oh, and it has its own remote control - you may get this included.
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(+) high sound quality, diverse functions, record to tape mode, record from tape mode (-) usless instruction manual, useless recording programme, not all cables supplied
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