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Originally Posted by AudioGremlin
... Btw the CR-7E had considerably better specs than my very heavy Revox RTR recorder.
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If you examine the specs carefully, I think you'll find that you're mistaken.
For example, frequency response for tape decks was measured well below 0 dB, and was measured at a lower recording level for cassette than for reel. So you can't compare those numbers directly to each other. At its 1 7/8 ips tape speed, cassette couldn't reach high frequencies as well as reel - if only for that reason. It was a challenge to get up to 16 or 17 kHz on cassette, while reels could easily go above 20 kHz. And cassettes had virtually no headroom compared to a good reel machine.
Don't get me wrong - a well-made cassette on a fine machine could sound very, very good. But even the best cassette decks couldn't catch the better reel machines, ime.