Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site moncol.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!petsd!moncol!ben From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: advice requested on brands of cassette tapes Message-ID: <555@moncol.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 09:57:21 EST Article-I.D.: moncol.555 Posted: Mon Nov 4 09:57:21 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 23:12:22 EST References: <3063@sdcc3.UUCP> Organization: Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Lines: 22 >>I just bought a cassette deck and am unsure which tape to buy. Next >>to the TDK SA there is a note that this is a reference tape. Does this >>mean this is the best tape? > >"TDK is the reference tape" denotes that other companies base their >tape quality on TDK obviously. >it's like IBM PC's, they are the standard which most companies >base their software. they must be doing something right if others >compare to IBM PC's. same for TDK. >personally i use nothing but SA because i've had bad luck with >Maxell. but, BASF "standards" seem to be higher than TDK. Not quite. 'Reference tape' in this context usually suggest that the equalization, bias and dolby tracking were optimized for a particular tape. Since Maxell tapes have a rise in the high frequency response, they sound bright on a deck equalized for TDKs. Maxells usually work better on older decks, whose heads have a high frequency rolloff. Ben Broder ..ihnp4!princeton!moncol!ben ..vax135!petsd!moncol!ben