Since i learnt to record in cassette format, i always used boomboxes and combo or "all in one" hifi systems. These have presets for your records like "car" and other eq modes for your recordings in the case of one of the combo hifi systems wich i used, i don't used noise reduction, input level and tape type options. All are automatic or directly not available on this type of devices causing a poor record quality what is easily superated by the digital formats like audio CD. My old tapes sounds like a plastic, low volume levels, etc. I live with only digital formats since 2003 until i decided to return to this curious formats, the vinyls and cassette tapes For starting with my first decent recordings i don't have much money at this moment and i get a two head dedicated cassette deck, the Akai CS-F210: https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/akai/cs-f21.shtml Whats your opinion of this model? Whats your history about returning to analog formats? Greetings!!
If it works OK and is better than what you had before I'd say it was a good buy. I always liked the styling of AKai gear. In 1985 I bought an Akai FD 3 system after lusting after them in Dixons for about a year.
In 1983 or 84 I was drooling over AKAI stack, but it was totally out of my financial grasps! Love the styling, reminds me of NAD boxes, they looked so expensive that I was afraid to enter NAD store: bought Sony ES deck instead Good Q about reverting from Perfect Sound Forever onto analog: I bought my Linn Sondek to play 180g reissue of Tchaikovsky's 5th, and got hooked
