On Tuesday 03 December 2013 20:34:50 Ralf Mardorf did opine: > In Germany they still produce cassette tapes :). Quality control is done > with Studer tape recorders and RFT monitors. Some years ago I got two > RFT monitors for less than 50,- € at Ebay :). Seen on German > television, today at 18:31 kabel eins. I suspect the Studer studio tape > recorders are un-payable and impossible to maintain, so I suspect there > will be no long future for this technology. The same factory does > produce records too :). > > The cassette tapes they produce are audio dramas, they didn't mention > music. > > Regards, > Ralf > Studer/Revox? I spent 2 years, about 1980, keeping 3 of those spinning 14" NAB reels running in an automation system feeding our FM station at KSUE. Not a particularly friendly machine to work on, but sure worked nice. And no, I wouldn't want to do it again since I don't have the manuals. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> "Plaese porrf raed." -- Prof. Michael O'Longhlin, S.U.N.Y. Purchase A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user