I like to get recommedations for good sounding records which are still available. For example:
Masterpieces by Ellington
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks ML 4418, 1951
Analogue Productions, 2014
It was recorded 1950 but it sounds like it was done yesterday. Mono...
That was what I thought as well in former times but nowadays I changed my mind. If you listen to a music cassette from a very good deck this could change your mind as well. Here an example for very good sound quality for a prerecorded cassette:
I would like to add information for the question about the best cassette deck: http://reviews.ebay.com/Revox-Nakamichi-and-Tandberg-the-Pros-and-Cons?ugid=10000000001829134
I think there is not one best but a handful of best. The ebay guide does comment the decks which were discussed in the...
I asked a former importer of Lyrec equipment and he said Lyrec never manufactured turntables only cutting machines. Maybe one of the Asian audiophiles uses a Lyrec cutting machine as a turntable like some do it with Neumanns?