I Love the recording process, never tire of using my beloved Technics deck to make tapes for the boomers!
This reminds I need to do some new tapes, but my main deck a JVC TD-V562 which I bought in 91 has a plastic gear problem so need to sort out my Aiwa AD-R460 needs belts doing, was fine some time a go so should be ok with new belts.
yeah, you got me back onto recording tapes as well - luckily nobody bought my Nak 505, now I'm making great tapes for my son...
My recorder is my computer's line in directly to a wave recorder - then CD to my Technics cassette deck
you should try to organize yourselfe a proper phono-preamplifier and record from turntable to tape direct - you'll be impressed about improvement in sound ! recommended: NAD PP2e ...or just get a nice vintage amp and just use preamp / recording-section !
I have a phono pre-amp, battery powered for the purest sound Forgot to say that before!! HiFi was always in my blood!! Am not bothered about recording records straight to tape these days, few people bother doing that - I am very fussy & spend ages editing my raw wave files before they make it to CD & move to the other end of the room to a standalone CD player direct into the Technics RS-B665 using a high quality interconnect I have to report that the recordings are simply stunning especially with older album/songs, you are hearing them like never before & when it's you that has made it happen it's very rewarding Very nice hand built battery or DC adapter powered - I love the sound from the turntable!
After a few decades of listening to "perfect sound" I like my cassettes raw. A few sec of cassette noise (no Dolby!) then the sound of a needle drop on the disk, a few more sec of scratching noise (or not, with audiophile pressings), then music. Not quite the same as the ritual of playing LPs but the next best thing to my ears
