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- From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Optimization dilemma...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.114432.995@cmkrnl.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 19:44:31 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.145134.7236@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1992Dec20.201807.12202@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego, CA
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- In article <1992Dec20.201807.12202@en.ecn.purdue.edu>, syd@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Dennis P Hilgenberg) writes:
- > Bruce Gan writes:
- >
- >>Here's the scenario - I have a Nak CR-3A deck with Dolby B and C, and
- >>an Eq switch for 120us and 70us. I have so far been recording on
- >>chrome TDK SAX tapes with Dolby C and at 70us with excellent results.
- >
- > The Eq switch doesn't affect the recording, only playback.
-
- This is not correct. The EQ switch affects both recording and playback. It
- is the bias switch which affects only recording.
-
- >>My car deck has Dolby B and I think it plays everything back at 120us.
- >>Unfortunately it also selects the tape type automatically and reads
- >>my chrome tapes as metal. Because of this, normal tapes actually sound
- >>better on my car deck than chrome ones.
-
- > If the deck selects the tape type, it is in effect choosing between
- > 120us and 70us equalization. So the first sentence and the second
- > are contradictory. Both chrome and metal tapes utilize the same
- > (70us) equalization, so your car deck is not misbehaving.
-
- ...but this IS correct.
-
- --- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
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