"Sjouke Burry" wrote in message
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William R. Walsh wrote:
Hi!

Why on earth would anyone recommend buying a last century Cassette
Deck, the OP already has a digital recorder capable of 16 bit 44.1k
recordings, the same quality of CD.

Because it's cheap, easy and simple?

You don't need ultra-high-fidelity to capture a record of someone's
making a
disturbingly loud amount of sound. The cheap point is rendered moot by
the
presence of the more expensive recorder, yet the simplicity and still
massive installed base of playback equipment can't be argued. Plus, the
tape
recorder has the advantage in cost--if something happens to it, you
aren't
out a fortune!

William


Also for the purpose of the OP he is better off, using an old
recorder, because the new ones have the nasty habit of "equalizing"
the mic input.
As he needs a record of sound level, that is not a very good idea.


Rubbish. Once his CD quality recording is made, with what he has at the
moment, it can then easily be transferred to a PC via USB into free editing
software like Audacity, where you can do all the equalising, level shifting,
noise reduction and analysis you like. You can't do much of that with a
Cassette Player.