Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Wanted: cassette deck advice! Message-ID: <8731@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 12:04:52 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8731 Posted: Wed Feb 27 12:04:52 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 04:14:51 EST References: <4846@cbscc.UUCP> <> <316@cubsvax.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 19 > > Several years ago I read an article, though I forget where, in which a Nak > engineer claimed that Nak used to do something different from most other > cassette deck manufacturers -- I don't remember whether it was head alignment, > bias, or what -- but that there is now a standard that all mfgrs. adhere to. > I would expect that it is EQ. Bias affects what is recorded on the tape and shouldn't affect the playback at all (i.e. if the bias is wrong it should sound equally bad on all decks). I have a hard time believing that head alignment would do it either. When you adjust head alignment you go for nice right angles and centered on the track. When you adjust EQ, you have to pick some standard. In many radio stations, they are free to pick whatever they want since they matching record and playback EQ's and never deal with any serious outside tapes. -Ron Recorded at a reference fluxivity of 250 nanowebers per meter.