Music Technology Obsolescence. Ouch.


What was a great idea back in the mid-80s is now biting me in the ass. They came out with a great noise-reduction system for cassette tape decks called "dbx". This was better than Dolby at reducing the inherent tape-hiss of cassettes. I recorded hundreds of albums & CDs using dbx, even though I could not play them in any other device except my home stereo.

Now my old tape deck has gone out and "dbx" went out a long time ago. I'm left with scrounging e-bay for dbx decks so I can burn all of this material to CD. After losing out on 4 bids, including a Yamaha deck exactly like the one I had, I finally won one for a reasonable $40. Seemed to work fine for two burns, but now it's speed keeps fluctuating while playing. I've wasted two recordable CDs trying to get one tape burnt and am not wasting any more.

Back to the e-bay listings. Poop!

Posted at January 10, 2005 04:24 PM