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- From: Jonas.Palm@orgk3.lu.se (Jonas Palm)
- Subject: Re: Pioneer "Auto BLE" opinions?
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- Organization: University of Lund, Sweden
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:35:41 GMT
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- In article <10583@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
- wrote:
- >
- >
- > Hello Folks,
- > Does anyone have experience with the Pioneer "Auto BLE" type decks?
- > I was looking at them over the weekend and the idea seems good to me.
- > The deck records a test signal on the tape and then reads it off again to
- > set the bias level for the individual tape in use. I'm not a fan of gee-whiz
- > gadgets but this actually aeems useful.
- > The particular models I was looking at were the CT-S410R and the CT-S601.
- > I think those are the right model numbers. One has 'quick' auto-reverse
- > while the other has selectable equalization curves. Anyone have opinions,
- > preferably backed by experience? Thanks.
- > --
-
- I own a Pioneer cassette deck with Super Auto BLE (SABLE). Pioneer uses
- schemes of differing sophistication under the same name. The more
- advanced models are basically adjusted in finer increments.
-
- The scheme as I have experienced it works very well. In fact, as it
- adjusts the recording equalization as well as bias and level, it can
- adjust the deck even to dual-layer tapes.
-
- It is _definitely_ worth having, especially if you haven't done calibration
- work before. I would never buy a cassette deck which didn't allow the
- user to calibrate it to different tape types easily.
-
-
- Personally, I am wary of auto-reversing decks. (Nakamichi has shown that
- it can be done right, for ludicrous amounts of money.)
- Auto-reversing decks are _usually_ plagued by relatively unstable
- tape transports and azimuth errors in either or both directions.
- If you do not absolutely need this feature, I would recommend that you
- spend your money elsewhere.
-
- Jonas Palm
-