To make your box really stand out, load a cassette that was recorded on a really good cassette deck, with settings matching the capabilities of your boombox. It doesn't have Dolby? Then switch it off on your recording deck too! Make a dedicated tape, specially for your boombox. Take a 60 minutes tape for durability. A mixtape is great fun to make, and is never boring as long as you combine all genres of music you like on that tape. I use either a Nakamichi CR-7E, a Revox B-710 or a Kenwood KX-9010 to make these tapes. Use a high quality tape, preferably a good type 2 or even of high end type 1 tape (Sony HF-S or HF-ES, Maxell XL-I). Does your boombox lack bass? Then, seriously use a type ONE tape... and be surprised how much bass these will take. Drive the tape as hard as you can, don't be afraid to go far into the red zone, as long as no distortion or compression is heard, it's all OK! This makes tape hiss a lot less audible, especially when you don't use Dolby. Good type 1 tapes will take as much as +8dB, good type 2 tapes will handle up to +6dB. On any 3-head deck you can judge the quality of your recording by switching between tape and source. Make some test-recordings to find out HOW hard you can drive a certain cassette. On its way is a new cassette deck... a Tandberg TCD-3014A. This should be, according to those who can know it, be a "Nak killer". I will definitely come back on this, as a really good recording is SOO important. It can make or break your experience with your boombox...
