Instead of tweaking electronics in order to achieve flat frequency response from magnetic tape, reel to reel, cassette etc...
Increasing the tape speed until it is almost ready.
One cannot expect a cassette to shine on recording live drums for example. So much HF emphasis while recording or reproducing puts a great strain to amplifiers. Of course if first the recording is done on reel to reel high speed and then re recording to cassette the result should be better because of objective dynamic processing without subjective artifacts. Ie fitting something big (great live music dynamic range) to something small (the medium). See also [Hamm]. Digital original recording cannot do this.
But this is not a fault of the tape inside the cassette. It is the speed that is too low for such an amplication.
Would it be fun to have C60 cassettes running so fast, eg 7.5ips that they last 7.5 minutes per side? And if full track stereo is in order, just 7.5 minutes. Plenty for recording a song at possibly pristine quality.
Having said that 1/4in tape full track track stereo reel to reel at 7.5ips or higher can be even better.
Reference on amplifiers:
(Electron) tubes vs transistors (vs op amps), Is there an audible difference? - Russel O. Hamm - JAES
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