Review of the new Toshiba Aurex ‘Hi-Res Cassette deck’

Toshiba in Japan has launched a High Res capable cassette recorder. What exactly does that mean and is it any good? Let's find out.
Special thanks to Hugo for his work on the audio analysis.
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Track Name: Busted by John Deley
If you want to hear the effects of the up-conversion of a cassette yourself - you can download the audio here:
To make these files, first two identical recordings of the track 'Busted' were made onto one tape in one continuous go (the track was on repeat) from a Sony HAP-S1 digital audio player onto a Sony TC-K333ESJ which contained new-old-stock TDK SA90 tape. This tape was then played back on the Toshiba TY-AK1 - the first track with the Up-convert option off and the second with it switched on. The recordings were done from the headphone output into a PCM recorder (WAV format). These recordings are unedited.
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