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From: 5121cdd@houxm.UUCP (C.DORY)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Tape Thoughts
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Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 10:14:50 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 14 10:14:50 1984
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I have a slight problem with Bill Mitchell's comments on the Revox/Studer
cassette deck.  Willi Studer's concept is right on the money -- to set up
an analog deck (either cassette or reel-to-reel) properly, one must be
ready to spend a lot more time and use a lot more test equipment than
to level match a VU meter to preset test tones as in the Nak.  To set
bias and record eq (playback eq is supposed to be a standard -- but
that's another story), one must make tradoffs of frequency response,
signal to noise, and distortion.  Now, this requires a distortion analyzer,
scope, ACVTVM, and a good clean signal source -- these items are not
included with the purchase of a tape deck and moreover, most audiophobes
do not have this equipment at their diposal.  So, what Willi Studer has
done, is set up his cassette deck CORRECTLY for one brand of tape in
each tape type (I, II, and IV) with the customer choosing the tapes.
This assures the customer of a deck set up for the tape he/she will use
on a regular basis.  (Now, you say "I use umpty-ump different chrome
tapes -- I buy whatever is on sale."  Well, this is all well and good,
but I seriously doubt that you're getting optimum performance from
any sngle tape.)


Craig Dory
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Holmdel, NJ