WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era?

Then of course, there are the Nak pre recorded issues....

The Denon tape in a 3 head Denon deck was really good :-)

Have a NAK today, the 3 series Tanberg notoriously unreliable.. not so the 440

@noromance  I think I had the same underdash Pioneer - no FM. I had Crickets front and back in a 1970 Firebird w 400. Fun
i enjoy my mostly pirate cassette collection in my garage system - I used to document the recording chain on the label which is to me an interesting record of my system evolution probably the pinnacle for me SOTA Sapphire to Souther to Dynavector Ruby to Ortofon Step up to CJ Premier 3 to Tandberg 3014A.... fun
but my 4 track Dokorder was the high fidelity bomb :-) Eclipsed today by my high speed B-77 half track