FiiO CP13 Cassette Player - Unboxing & Review!
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- Опубликовано: 23 мар 2024
- Tape Heads REJOICE! A new modern (not crappy) cassette player is on the market! Let's do a direct feed sound test and see what this one is all about! It's the FiiO CP13!
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Great to see an actual new portable cassette player again!
I wouldn't be too hard on the Fiio or We Are Rewind for having some stability issues when shaken. The only solution to shake issues is dual flywheels which originally showed up on both Sony and Marantz/Superscope professional stereo field recorders. When auto reverse started showing up on Walkman style players, by nature these had dual flywheels, therefore being more stable than most auto stop players.
Back in the day the better walkmans had an anti-rolling feature, to prevent wow when moving the player. Which was done with two contra-rotating flywheels.
Interesting
@@RecordologyI’ve got a dcc player that I use I love it I got it fixed and it’s great now I got 2 restored batteries to there commercials are bad to not using real audio and I remember generic models I would try some to see how bad they are.
@@stpworld This would have been much easier to read with punctuation.
@@stpworldwas that DCC fixed by Dr DCC of DCC Museum
Always exciting to see a new Record-ology upload!
The two-tone coloration reminds me of an RCA player I had back in the early 90s. I really wanted the Sony Walkman, but it was 40 bucks and the RCA was 20. The RCA ended up being a fantastic player that lasted me years! Unfortunately, I no longer have any of my cassette tape so I really don’t have a need for a player. Still have over 600 CDs though!
Great show! I just picked up the Complete Glenn Miller CD Set on Discogs! Can't wait to get it in!
Record ology your RUclips videos are awesome my friend
Record ology your new Fiio cp 13 cassette player is awesome my friend
"Back in the day" the rewind function was normally enabled by use of a biro or pencil!
Oh and what I would have given for a "walkman" that I could charge up in the late 80s.
You would have been burned at the stake as a witch for even suggesting such a thing!
Finally someone not being shitty about modern attempts to rejuvenate the cassette player.
Especially the take about Tanashin being a baseline that can be improved.
Cassettes aren't a mass market anymore and hifi is so easily achievable without them, someone going back to cassettes isn't trying to go back to the 90s for the cassette-based hifi systems of the time, they're going back for the cassette experience.
The fact that they're trying at all is way better than what we've had for a long time and it could pave the way for something better in the future.
Record ology I learn lot from you about bying turntables new ones and used ones and bying new Record players and used ones my friend
I appreciate these and I would certainly purchase if I didn't know how to repair vintage gear. If you are capable of restoring a vintage machine with a new belt, etc., I would go that rout because it's hard to beat the original units in their prime. If you do not feel comfortable with that or don't want to refurbish an older unit or spend the money on one that has been restored, these are the next best thing.
Another fantastic video thanks. I have the We Are Rewind and love it. Regarding hiss and lack of Dolby, I bought a vintage Sony Walkman equalizer SEQ50 which helps to shape the sound and reduce hiss, increase bass etc. Will certainly consider the Fiio on the back of your review....cheers from the UK
Great tip!
Each to their own but I love tape hiss. It's the audio equivalent of film grain and is a very welcome "imperfection" to my ears.
Sounds very good , not bad !!
I love mine!
12:43 Hence the Sony “anti-rolling mechanism” was born.
I have harman/kardon TD 292 and TD 202, I wil listen to all the old cassettes that I and my parents did. I also picked up 10 or so Sony UX-S tapes in a box on a flea market and I will record some music to them. I use it from time to time, but depends, sometimes more, sometimes not.
Have you played any piano recordings through it? I find that instrument is very revealing when it comes to wow and flutter. In the excerpts of music you played I was actually quite impressed with the stability of the sound and it sounded very 'clean' too..
Good idea
If re-shelling can be such a problem I would recommend 3d printing them, that would even allow for some custom artwork on the shell itself
When ya gonna do the Toshiba walkie?? Looks like another new winner
I’m loving mine so far, the only problem is the stabilization you be mentioned at 12:55. When i lay it flat down it doesn’t seem to clear up
I had a clear plastic no name walkman that had no radio or rewind button. To rewind the tape, you had to take it out, flip it over and press fast forward. Good times!
I need a portable cassette player.
That would be great for putting on a bicycle.
Very cool, a new walkman type cassette player. Classic Tape-ology ! 😂😂😂😂
@Recordology I was looking at ordering a FiiO CP13 for £99 but your review showed me why I should consider buying the We Are Rewind as I felt the sound output test gave it a nices balanced sound between bass and treble. It just sounded more rounded to my ears. So thanks for the review. Very interested where you suggest buying tapes for recording.
Usually, I just pick up new old stock at antique stores and thrift stores…
I never used Dolby when I had it. Sure, it lessened the hiss, but it also muddied the sound somewhat. The sound just didn’t seem as clear as it was without Dolby.
agreed
how was your listening experience? I mean I own a pair of Sony W1000XM5. Did you have better listening experience with your audiophile/studio headphones ?
There's a portable record player out on the market by audio Technica called The sound Burger. Was wondering if you've done a review and what do you think of the quality??
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can you play cr02 and metal tapes?
How have you found the battery life to be?
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Where can I get the case?
now we need tsk, maxilla, fuji others to start making high quality recordable blank tapes again ccr02 and metal etc normal
I dunno, I had some pretty relatively inexpensive portable cassette players in the early ‘90s that had rewind function; one of them, from Koss, even had auto reverse so I didn’t need to flip the tape, and it still cost a fraction of a Sony unit.
Also: people complain about rechargeable machines that have non-removable batteries, but let’s remember the stuff from Sony (et al? I don’t remember) at the turn of the century, that used those gumstick batteries that are pretty much all dead now and are no longer manufactured. Sure, you can attach an external AAA battery pack but c’mon man. I’d really love to get a portable MD player but that gives me second thoughts.
If it's similar to the We Are Rewind, that one has an 18650 battery inside, so at least it uses a standard battery even if it may be a pain to replace when the time comes.
oops sorry yes on cr02 and metal
do we need external DAC for these cassette players?
Nope they are fully analog.
It can't be a 2-track head since stereo cassettes are a 4-track format. 2 stereo tracks in 2 directions. What is likely true is this is not a combined record/play head, only a play head. That is a good thing, since a combined R/P head involves design compromises. A play-only head will provide a wider frequency response with lower distortion.
Since it does not have auto reverse….it only needs two tracks instead of four. Auto reverse walkmans need four tracks.
Depends on the type of head. Some had four track two way heads. Others like the sony hifi stereo I have here flip the head around for each direction@@Recordology
21:50. TAPES NEVER SNAP OR HAVE TROUBLE IF LISTENER IS AWARE WHEN IT STARTS TO SOUND FUNNY. When starts to sound funny I stop it Twist it put back in and play and all is exellent again. You have to catch it though
12:50
Again.... What is so hard about putting a belt clip or leather case with neck strap included in the box!?
Probably not there because its not good to walk around while listening.
Currently, does anyone make a decent cassette deck?
Teac is the only decent deck (component). This is about as good as a portable will get now.
As for cassette players, I bought a new "ION" branded USB cassette deck a few years back to use to digitize the hundreds of old pretend "radio shows" my friends and I made mostly in the 1980's. It has held up well, since I'm close to converting all the cassettes I need to digitize. However, when I bought a new desktop a couple years ago, the USB feature only transferred one channel on the new computer, so, since the cassette deck also had standard RCA audio out, I bought a cable with RCA on one end, 1/8" audio plug on the other end, to run into the computer audio input jack. This way. I was able to continue my conversions. Also, running the audio though the Sound Forge cleaning software, the nearly 40 year old recordings actually sound better than the "master tapes".
one channel recording is a default setting in windows, it annoys the heck out of me that I have to manually set it to stereo every time again. Windows assumes the usb device is a mono microphone.
I already knew the price in the UK a few weeks ago but for people who don't know, you never mentionef the cost of the item in your video.
I doubt it something I would use know. I can listen to Spotify saved tracks on my mobile.
The case looks nice, but impractical. Instead of the side opening, they should have had concertinered sides so the front of the cassette could be opened without taking it out.
The cable supplied should be good quality bearing in mind the cost for it.
It’s around $100 USD.
@@Recordology Thanks
A restored Sony DD series Walkman blows that away... Easy.
The real problem with vintage walkmans is the fact that they are aging and capacitors and other parts are wearing out… One of the benefits of the newer units is that all parts are new… Obviously, there is a trade-off in initial quality. There’s also a benefit of some cool features.
Properly restored hopefully. Which should mean the centre gear has been replaced, as it's plastic and often cracks on DD series walkmans. Symptoms to look out for with a DD is an audible mechanical clicking sound when playing a tape.
Yep, i restored my Sony DC2, new caps, new motor tire, lubrication, center wheel and its working like new again.
It can get a little experience though. Ive done it myself so I saved a lot on the restoring process.
Not sure if anyone has ever felt an audio orgasm, but wow. I purchased an old set of Bose TriPort Headphones on Amazon, popped in my Moody Blues (Other Side of Life Cassette) and jacked into my FIIO CP13. OMFG. I never experienced such an amazing distribution of sound from my all-time favorite band on a cassette player. This wouldn’t have been possible without the FIIO and Bose headset. Strike me for whatever you want, but even my high-end phones don’t produce this amazing sound. To much base, etc. … Sometimes old school is still the best.
Looks like the same Chinese mechanism as the We are Rewind. Peace.
In the video he addresses the mechanism and I believe he articulates it well.
Sharp edges or corners don't make a lot of sense for a portable device.
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They all use the same, crappy modern cassette mechanism. Only when another company starts making a quality one, will any new cassette player be worth considering.
That mechanism is actually a decent mechanism… It’s all about how that spec out the peripheral components such as the flywheel. is it metal or is it plastic? Same thing for the head… Is it stereo? Is it well designed? The core mechanism is sort of a framework and it’s actually good! All stamped metal parts and can be made to sound fantastic. Both this and the we are rewind, indeed very good players!
I am not impressed at all. It is not worth the $100.00 Plus price point. The unit is thick and cannot be comfortably carried in your back pocket.
There are no straps or clips to attach a strap to for walking around. I imagine wow and flutter are a problem as well.
There is also the lack of a battery meter and link mobile phones, the battery is not consumer replaceable.
Later...
They both use the same tape head unfortunately 😔
Ya it’s a good hardened palmaroy head….