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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
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Subject: Re: Re: Tighter bass and edgeless piano
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Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 16:08:44 EDT
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> Here's a different one for you:  Can you hear the stick hit the cymbal?
> This is not always answered the same for every 20-20k system.  I have 2
> cassette decks that have the same freq ranges, but a cymbal hit by a stick
> sounds like a "tick" as recorded by one and "sshh" by the other.  This is
> transient response, and can be illustrated by inputting a 20kHz square wave
> into the equipment in question and observing the output's rise time.  Look
> for slew rate specs; a high number means that, among other things, a piano
> will sound more like the real thing.

Nah, it's probably that your two decks differ in azimuth setting.