u/TheHarf

Can all old Tapes damage a Cassette Tape Player? I was wondering this because I want to know if an old Cassette in Near Mint or Mint condition would still damage a Tape Player.

Why don't some headphones have the High Res audio symbol on the box is they sound like they are High Res and some Headphones that don't sound that High Res have the High Res Symbol on the box? Also, I noticed that some headphones that come with Bluetooth and analog audio jack mode that they always sound higher quality with a cable rather than used Bluetooth. At least my SR50BT headphones which are Noise Cancelling have NC capabilities with a cable mode and Bluetooth mode.

This amp has all the features many modern guitarists wpuld like from a huge amount of distortion on full gain with distortion settings and it cleans up with humbuckers and the volume knob turned down. I have found that even in 20 Watts mode that single coil pickups are cleaner with the clean settings with this amp when a single coil guitar's volume is knob is turned all the way up, and I still like the sound of the clean settings with lower volume knob levels with humbuckers. I like how many CAB IR settings you get for both clean and distortion and each setting sounds like a different amp. I like that I can plug headphones into the Bandlander 50 Head and plug a mic cable into it plus into an interface because I can't use a Mic where I live currently because I live near a main road. It also comes with an amp Channel switcher pedal which is so handy.

The Badlander 50 Head never sounded fizzy no matter what settings I used with it. Some people may think the Badlander 50 head sounds too dark overall, but with reduced bass I don't think it's too dark sounding. The distortion with a Mesa Boogie horizontal 2x12 cab sounds so good to me. I wouldn't recommend this amp for Jazz since you have to turn the volume knob on humbuckers down just to get a good tone with the clean channels and the middle knob turned high makes the amp sound weird to me. Many people have said Rectifier amps sound weird with high amounts of middle. It sounds good to me with the Middle at the half way point or lower than that though.

Features - 10/10

Presence -10/10

Treble - 10/10

Middle - 5/10

Bass - 10/10

Versitility - 7/10

Durability - 10/10 (Just make sure it doesn't get transported without proper padding in a box and on backroads or other intense roads.

Price - Expensive 😆😂🤣

Final Rating - 7/10 for use with different genres other than Metal, Rock, Mathrock, Indie, Shoegaze, or Country (which I don't play), but for what I use it for which is not Jazz it has a 10/10 in terms of sound. i know Jazz has improv, but I like to do improv with different genres too. My small Acoustic Tube amp and Boss Katana Mini sounds better with Jazz Tones I think.

My room will be getting colder in sometimes in Fall and all the time In Winter and I was wondering if cold will affect tapes. I found that Hot doesn't effect tapes unless it's heat from direct sun and also if you have played a tape many times that can effect tapes too. I have also seen people post saying that humidity effects tapes more than a room's temperature. How should I store tapes in the cold?

For what I like to use the Greadio CD player with which is the Radio it sounds warmer than most typical CD player setups which I like. The battery life is decent, the speakers are typical small internal speakers, and I don't mind that it doesn't have gapless audio for the price. The Radio itself has some amount of warm quality to my ears even with FM. I give the Greadio CD player an 8/10 with what I like yo use it with.

I know King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard has used tape saturation on a lot of their albums, but I especially like the sound of Gumboot Soup. I think Gumboot Soup is one of their best albums. The story behind Gumboot Soup and how they struggled a lot when making it is interesting. Some of peoples best music/art comes from struggles. What do you guys think of KGATLW's use of tape saturation?

I think Frightbox Recording has the best be the best Metal/Rock production courses and I think that the PDF I got with one of the courses will for sure be helpful in the future. An interesting thing that I saw during going through the course I bought was that there was a tiny bit of tape saturation on applied some tracks in some of the videos. Tape saturation seems to soften the sound of tracks, even super harsh ones. I know I used Ableton while going through the course I bought, but I was still able to have "Send" thingies for my tracks. Now that I know what a good production for my ears sounds like on my speakers, I can mix on them well. Listening to music with good sounding production on whatever speakers you have can help train your ears to how a good production sounds on whatever speakers you have, but obviously you don't want to mix the exact same way for all the music you mix.

After a while my Lofi One player started having a clicking sound, but it turns out all the good quality tapes I played still sound fine and how they did before the clicking happened. I am guessing it's a problem with the gears since it does not effect the sound of good quality or speed of cassettes with headphones and a meduim low plus medium volume even, luckily the click is quiet enough not to disrupt my listening experience with my Lofi One tape player and headphones. I certainly don't want anything else going on with my player that may be even a little annoying.

I recommend getting a decibel meter app, there are many good ones. I recommend that so you can see how loud you have your speakers and then adjust them so they are not too loud, 70db and above or close to 70db can be damaging over time to your ears without musician grade ear plugs. Even if you don't have sensitive ears you should still care about what volume you listen to music.