Wil Hershberger wrote:
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> Yes Walt, and the cassette tape, moving as slow as it does, cannot
> reproduce the rapid "on-off" of the cricket sounds with and semblance of
> reality. Chipping sparrows are another creature where the cassette has
> a hard time reproducing what the input actually was.
> And then there is the problem of tape hiss in cassettes...
I was a die hard reel to reel man, hated the poor quality compared to
good reel to reel, though I used both. And really hated the lack of
durability. I don't miss any of it. We got a new set of problems moving
to digital, but they are trivia compared to the tape ones.
For me a lot of the crickets are a academic exercise, just getting too
old. I still enjoy the ones I can hear well. If I had the hearing I used
to have, I'd probably be out recording them.
Walt
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