Re: Is Cassette The New Vinyl?
Reply #29 –
Is there any reason they couldn't use high bias or metal bias tapes for commercial release?
Not everyone had tape decks capable of handling metal or even chrome tapes, not to mention different levels of noise reduction. A tape deck capable of handling metal tapes and Dolby S is a rare beast.
As a consequence, these fancy tapes would have sounded *worse* than bog-standard ferric tape on basic decks.
Lowest common denominator won the market.
Not to mention better tape came out at the end of tapes life time. With CD around the corner why bother with metal versions when CD could handle treble heavy content without a custom master.