I tried cleaning the lens already. When turned on, it makes the same noise regardless of whether there’s a disc in it or not, like it can’t tell.
Summoning the lich - united in chaos
Dead congregation - promulgation of the fall
Liminal shroud - visions of collapse
Scalding - exordium
Shibboleth - language of the night
Horrendous - sweet blasphemies
Satans blade - satanic sacrifice
Used some deoxit on the selector switch and wiggled it for a while but still no change. Any ideas on how to fix?
All perfectly good tapes, nearly lost forever. A bunch of cases in the plastic recycling as well
Haven’t seen this on any of my other ones, new or used
Earlier today I made a post about lines on a brand new cassette that had gotten small imprints after being played for a little, including some rewinds. As an experiment, I put a cassette into my deck and put it into play with the power off. Sure enough, it left a small crease where the roller and capstan would have been. I have a single and double deck, so 3 different ways to test, and all 3 gave the same result. Is there something wrong with them putting too much pressure or is that just something that happens?
Tape is brand new, A side played once, but stopped and rewound a couple times. They don’t seem to affect sound quality but idk if it’s a sign of a problem. Current theory is something to do with stopping or rewinding?
I listen to a lot of black metal and dungeon synth, both of which still produce cassettes, and sometimes only cassettes, especially from smaller artists. So, I decided I’d grab a cassette deck to grow my physical collection while supporting my favourites. However, after playing the tape I noticed quite a bit of residue on the formerly black pinch roller, which my cassette friend tells me is a bit much for one play. Keep in mind this one released in 2023. He also said it looked like it had been played a bunch from the grooves on the tape. I took off the plastic wrap 2 days ago. I looked around and it seems the consensus is modern cassettes are indeed worse quality, which is really disappointing.
Does anyone else here collect modern cassettes? Are they even worth it? I feel like at this rate I’ll be breaking out the isopropyl after every session.
A friend just gave this deck to me and it was cleaned recently. Does it need to be cleaned again?