tough call. the weaknesses of both formats are similar: dynamic range and frequency response. cassettes duplicated at high speed (almost all commercial ones) suffer badly with both, as do mp3s at 128, even well burned ones.
for me in my studio tho, mp3s get the edge in sound. they're a bit tighter and have faster transients than store bought prerecorded cassettes, although the high end is grainier. the biggest diifference tho is that mp3s have no hiss at all which can be a major problem with cassettes, especialy those with badly calibrated dolby.
but if i roll my own cassette using a cd source and my nakamichi deck, it's a much better recording than that same cd source done as an mp3@128.
- js.
|