Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site sesame.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!talcott!sesame!stuart From: stuart@sesame.UUCP (Stuart Freedman) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Re: advice requested on brands of cassette tapes Message-ID: <392@sesame.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 20:45:25 EST Article-I.D.: sesame.392 Posted: Sun Nov 3 20:45:25 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 21:32:16 EST References: <10838@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <3063@sdcc3.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Data General-Westboro, MA Lines: 14 > "TDK is the reference tape" denotes that other companies base their > tape quality on TDK obviously. NO! The manual meant that the tape deck's Type II setting was optimized for TDK-SA at the factory (i.e. the bias pot inside the deck, etc.). TDK-SA and Maxell's equiv. (XL-II, I think it's called these days) are the most common reference tapes for manufacturers of cassette decks. -- Stuart Freedman {genrad|ihnp4|ima}!wjh12!talcott!sesame!stuart Data General Corp. (Mail Stop E-219) {cbosgd|harvard}!talcott!sesame!stuart Westboro, MA 01580 +1(617)870-9659 stuart%sesame.uucp@harvard.arpa "One solid hope is worth a cartload of certainties." -The Doctor