Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!ctvax!uokvax!rctracy From: rctracy@uokvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: RE: Medium price cassette decks - (nf) Message-ID: <6004@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Mar-84 23:59:56 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.6004 Posted: Sat Mar 3 23:59:56 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Mar-84 00:47:01 EST Lines: 37 #R:vice:-130600:uokvax:1000004:000:1614 uokvax!rctracy Feb 29 18:18:00 1984 (...just had to put in my two cents worth on Sony equipment...) I own a Sony TC-152SD which some of you might remember as one of the earliest decks to combine stereo, Dolby, and portability. I have only two complaints about the deck: (1) When it is operated as a portable, i.e., on batteries, it consumes the best alkalines money can buy at a truly voracious rate! Forget about Ni-Cads unless you enjoy seeing a great recording opportunity disappear in the fading glow of your illuminated VU meters. (I can live with this problem...) (2) Sony REALLY screwed up with the ferrite & ferrite head! Supposedly, this was Sony's answer to the various "sandpaper" cassettes that are still being passed off as bargain tapes. Admittedly, the ferrite & ferrite head is extremely durable, but head magnetization is so severe that the head has to be demagnetized after every 90 minutes of recording time to avoid "popcorn" cymbals and other attrocious-sounding distorted highs. ALSO, on playback, a head in dire need of demagnetizing can be discerned by the effect that it has on the speed regulation. The forward travel of my Maxells has actually halted due to this "feature" (no, there weren't any mechanical problems with the cassettes and/or the deck itself). (I'm living with this problem, but not liking it!) Any serious suggestions on what to do about problem 2 (short of ditching the deck) will be appreciated. Gee, that felt good! --Bob Tracy AT&T Technologies, Inc. - OKC Works ...!ctvax!uokvax!rctracy