[Vintage-Audio] Cassette Audio Quirk?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi All,

I keep encountering a problem every time that I remaster the audio on a 
cassette tape to a CD format.

Yes, for those of you who may remember this, I have also recorded the 
cassette audio to my Sony DAT deck and converted the mono on the cassette to 
stereo on the DAT.

The Master DAT is perfect, at least to my finely tuned ears. However, when I 
feed the DAT to the Sony CDRW deck to create a CD, things go a bit crazy.

The CDRW apparently hears a snap or a crackle or a pop or ...? When it hears 
this noise, not audible to me, it causes distortion in the CD recording.

I have changed all input/output cables from the amplifier to the DAT, from 
the DAT to the amplifier, from the CDRW to the amp etc. All are the Gold 
plated heavy audio cables six feet in length.

I have tripled checked the Yamaha cassette deck and all of the other 
hardware that is involved.

I can not find anything wrong with anything.

This only happens when I am trying to convert an audio cassette to CD, makes 
no difference if the cassette is in mono or stereo or identical mono on both 
stereo tracks.

Have any of you encountered any issue like this one involving a cassette 
tape?

Thanks!

Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
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