Using the Cassette in XK8 System
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I am also an audio dinosaur and that will never change. I play my old vinyl LPs (probably at least 2,000 of them), my CDs (probably at least 1,000 of them) and my cassette tapes (probably at least 300 of them, most of them recorded by me from my LPs so I could play them in our vehicles back in the fabulous 1980s) on my vintage high-end home audio system. I have never downloaded or streamed music files and I never will (I gave up cell phones more than 27 years ago and my life is much simpler and happier and trouble-free as a result)....
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Yes indeed. My turntable is a Dual 1218 (purchased in March 1973). My speakers are twin Altec Voice of the Theaters with 15-inch woofers and horn drivers (custom-ordered from California in August 1975). My tape deck is an Onkyo (purchased in October 1982). And my receiver is a Yamaha R8 (purchased in June 1985 and completely refurbished in November 2000). My home audio system gets played nearly every day of the year, ranging from just an hour or so to all day and half the night. I love it and would never sell any part of it although if I live long enough, I expect to have to replace my receiver at some point and will probably go with a new Outlaw 2160 (which I think is the best bang-for-the-buck vintage-style receiver on the market today)....
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Yes indeed. My turntable is a Dual 1218 (purchased in March 1973). My speakers are twin Altec Voice of the Theaters with 15-inch woofers and horn drivers (custom-ordered from California in August 1975). My tape deck is an Onkyo (purchased in October 1982). And my receiver is a Yamaha R8 (purchased in June 1985 and completely refurbished in November 2000). My home audio system gets played nearly every day of the year, ranging from just an hour or so to all day and half the night. I love it and would never sell any part of it although if I live long enough, I expect to have to replace my receiver at some point and will probably go with a new Outlaw 2160 (which I think is the best bang-for-the-buck vintage-style receiver on the market today)....
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Yep, I have told my wife many times that if our house catches on fire, the first thing I will be carrying outside will be my Altecs. The bad news for my back and left knee is that they are in my upstairs music room and they weigh right at 160 pounds each....
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I bought a BT cassette adapter from Amazon. It worked great until the first recharging, then the battery overheated. I sent it back for a replacement and the second one did the same, except this time it melted the case. So now I'm waiting for a wired adapter. No batteries to melt. If it works it's an easy and cheap solution.
My vintage stereo is a Sansui amp and separate tuner, Technics turntable, Martin speakers, (bought by me in '79), and assorted other components. 100s of LPs, cassettes, CDs. I converted all of them to digital files and they are on an SD card on my phone, hence the need for the cassette adapter.
My vintage stereo is a Sansui amp and separate tuner, Technics turntable, Martin speakers, (bought by me in '79), and assorted other components. 100s of LPs, cassettes, CDs. I converted all of them to digital files and they are on an SD card on my phone, hence the need for the cassette adapter.
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Gotta love that vintage Sansui gear. My first receiver was a Sansui 5000X that I had from March 1973 until June 1985 when my Yamaha R8 replaced it, essentially doubling my watts-per-channel power....
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I still believe that the easiest is to go via FM and memory stick if you don't need to hook up your phone. High-capacity USB sticks are cheap and available, permitting lossless-compression files (e.g. wav) which are somewhat better than mp3..
Getting hold of decent-quality cassette blanks is challenging these days.
P.S. You can even program the head unit to issue a 'clean tape heads' reminder every so often...
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My cassette player has not been used in over 10 years according to the previous owner.
I cleaned the head with an alcohol soaked Q tip, let it dry out for a few minutes, then put in my Capital Records original issue of “Hard Days Night” which was about 50+ years old
It played fine.
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I cleaned the head with an alcohol soaked Q tip, let it dry out for a few minutes, then put in my Capital Records original issue of “Hard Days Night” which was about 50+ years old
It played fine.
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My cassette player has not been used in over 10 years according to the previous owner.
I cleaned the head with an alcohol soaked Q tip, let it dry out for a few minutes, then put in my Capital Records original issue of “Hard Days Night” which was about 50+ years old
It played fine.
Z
I cleaned the head with an alcohol soaked Q tip, let it dry out for a few minutes, then put in my Capital Records original issue of “Hard Days Night” which was about 50+ years old
It played fine.
Z
https://www.discountcarstereo.com/pdf/bta-jag98.pdf
https://www.discountcarstereo.com/bta-jag98.html
Aside from that info all I know is it works seemlessly with the Jaguar hardware. You select the discount car module on your phone Bluetooth menu and that’s it . Then just choose your music on your iPhone and it plays with zero degrading of the sound. If you want to play a CD in the CD player just go back on your phone and “forget” the discount sound module on the Bluetooth list. Then the CD on the player will play . That’s it, nothing more to it.
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