the concept of "generations" in terms of copies of copies, and the reduction of quality involved is a concept our children will never experience or understand
or the loss of quality due to repeated plays.
I used to get amazing results for tones with My Yamaha MT-4x. Really miss my Otari, 1/2 inch, 8 track reel to reel. Should have kept that. Had a Tascam 16 track for a while too but that Otari was rock solid and sounded fantastic.