[LAU] OT, but IMO really interesting living history: They still produce cassette tapes in Germany

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 18:38 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> In Germany they still produce cassette tapes :). Quality control is done
> with Studer tape recorders and RFT monitors. Some years ago I got two
> RFT monitors for less than 50,- € at Ebay :). Seen on German television,
> today at 18:31 kabel eins. I suspect the Studer studio tape recorders
> are un-payable and impossible to maintain, so I suspect there will be no
> long future for this technology. The same factory does produce records
> too :).
> 
> The cassette tapes they produce are audio dramas, they didn't mention
> music.

One self-reply is allowed?

I forgot to mention that the coping tape recorders are second-hand from
the USA, don't know the vendor, but seemingly also end-of-range models.