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Sony TCWE475 Dual Cassette Player / Recorder
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exquisite quality Cassette Player for my needs : Sony TCWE475 Dual Cassette Player / Recorder
150 Usd is not unmistakably an expensive price for a tape deck of this quality. That would be about 8 new Cd's purchased in a store. Ten years ago tape decks cost more, but since cassette tapes are a fast dying medium, lowering the price is the only enticement left. I have 150-200 cassette tapes with a mix of songs from about 1500 distinct Cd's and albums, so even if I throw out 80-90% of my tapes that's still the equivalent of songs from 150+ distinct Cd's. That would be an expensive exchange cost, let alone what the price of what 1500 Cd's would cost. So a new cassette deck allows me entrance to those relatively few songs I still like.
Phil Audio of Bangalore India didn't like the sound quality. He's listed some high quality equipment so he's familiar with audiophile level electronic equipment. He stated that the Sony deck doesn't sound as good as the specs listed. Sony's specs list 30 Hz-17,000 Hz +/-3dB for the widely ready CrO2 high bias type Ii cassette tape. That's a relatively good range. The important thing to look for is the +/-3 dB value. If missing, the amount given is approximately meaningless. A tape deck performing at this level should sound adequate. If it doesn't then maybe the source material is of low quality. The other would be if Sony is lying about their specs, in that case they could be liable of [...] and a possible lawsuit. One would hope that a multi-billion dollar corporation like Sony wouldn't risk their credit and lie about their equipment specs. That doesn't mean it couldn't happen. I own and have owned any Sony products and they've all worked well and as specified. So maybe something else is influencing the sound. I've looked at the specs of a similarly priced Onkyo tape deck. There a itsybitsy lower at 30 Hz-14,000 Hz +/-3dB, but this is still good and would probably be enough for most habitancy and Onkyo is someone else high quality high fidelity electronics company. The one thing I would not consider is relying on the tape deck portion of mini stereo system. I'm mildly familiar with audiophile quality equipment. I have a Harman-Kardon cassette deck that lists 20-21,000 Hz +/-3dB for the lowest level type I tape that's exhibiting some problems after many, many years of use. When I first got this deck, I was a itsybitsy thrown off by the sound because it played so high in the high frequency range. The low frequency sounds are still there for an adequately recorded tape, it's just with so many high frequencies it's not as immediately noticeable. So if one is listening to low fidelity sound equipment, their ear is becoming accustomed to it and to the probable boominess being used to compensate for the poor sound reproduction. It takes some time then to readjust to high quality sound and pregnancy closer to what the musicians originally played at. I have owned a mini-stereo theory by Aiwa and the tape deck on it ceased functioning after a few months. someone else one lists the specs as 80-12,500 Hz 8dB. What does the "8dB" mean here... Who knows. If you want to hear a bad tape player, get out your Sony Walkman (which makes no claim to good sound reproduction, but wasn't meant for that) out of the box and compare the sound of that Walkman to this tape deck to hear the sound difference. If you think the Walkman sounds best in comparison, then whether you'll need to listen to this deck for a while to reprogram your ears, or this deck will be unmistakably too high quality for you. If, however, this tape doesn't sound good enough one will then need to improve to higher quality audiophile cassette decks. Years back there was the preeminent Nakamichi Dragon with enough knobs to look like a missile embark on premise or someone else Nakamichi cassette deck that was auto-reverse but that preserved the quality of a singular direction motor that it would physically eject the tape, rotate it and reinsert it (you had to see it to believe it). Now tape decks at this level, if they even still exist, will probably be in the 4 digit price range by now. This Sony tape deck is a moderate level audiophile cassette tape player and at 150 Usd is reasonably priced for a dying media (note that it is overpriced at 300 Usd in some European countries).
The one thing this tape deck deserves an F for is for their manual. I've read any manuals over the years and this one is nothing short of confusing. They integrate the We-475 and We-675 into one manual. However, the We-675 is so distinct that their are pages just dedicated to it. Also in any places they list: (for We-675 only) and this includes for the self-acting bias adjustment for type I, Ii, and Iv cassettes, that seems to imply that the We-475 doesn't do that. That would be unfathomable and would be unacceptable for a tape deck at this level. Also for playing and recording in Dolby, it lists (for We-675 only) in places that if it wasn't for a photo where I could unmistakably see the Dolby switch, I would have opinion this tape deck didn't have Dolby, again which would be unacceptable at this price. So if you don't understand something in their manual, it's not you, it's Sony's fault.
The one thing keen in the Specifications section, is that Sony seems to imply that a type Iv metal tape will play at 30 Hz-19,000 Hz +/-3dB, but has a line listed as: 30 Hz-13,000 Hz +/-3dB, -4dB recording. Now this is a confusing spec, but seems to imply that the tape deck will report at a lower frequency range of 30-13,000 Hz +3dB -4dB (?) for a metal tape. Now this was something I've never carefully before, that a tape deck would report at a lower level than it played at. Of policy a tape recorded at 30-13,000 Hz will only be able to play back at 30-13,000 Hz, no matter what the machine. Let alone what it records at for the much more ready type Ii tape. Now I don't know if this is just unique to this tape deck, which would be a serious negative mark, or whether all tape decks report at a distinct freq range than they play at and just don't mention it, and thus should give Sony a lot of credit for being honest to mention it.
