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General Discussion / Re: Good luck in your tape venture...
« on: April 14, 2007, 11:11:25 AM »
Why do you have to pattern your marketing to the RICH?

I am am not rich, but I am willing to spend money on recordings that are great performances, and that will knock my socks off sonically.

Why can't you pattern your marketing to people who have R2R players and want a reasonably priced and affordable tape at 2 track, 7.5ips.

I really think that there are already plenty of tapes out there in the used market. If you spend time at garage sales, or on eBay, (which is the largest garage/garbage sale in the world, you will eventually score some great tapes at decent prices.

Bass actually improves at 7.5ips.

That is something I have never heard before.

David

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Tape Project Machines / Re: RS1500 rework developments
« on: April 12, 2007, 01:20:37 PM »
Will these machines be limited to playback at 15ips, or will they also be able to playback at 7.5ips?

David

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General Discussion / Re: Good luck in your tape venture...
« on: April 12, 2007, 12:54:34 PM »
Absolutely!

This is something that I thought about years ago when Barclay-Crocker went under. But, the logistics and finances involved were mind boggling, so I put it away as a "pipe-dream". I always hoped someone would do this, but I never expected it to really happen.
 
I'm glad you decided to go all out and use the 15ips and 2 track format, and stay away from Dolby. These were wise decisions.
 
Though the price for an individual title may be somewhat expensive, I believe that your subscription prices are not unrealistic when the prices that some factory 2 track 7.5ips tapes are selling for on eBay are considered.
 
I am also glad that you have also provided a way for people to get the best out of these tapes by making optimised machines and upgrading services available.
 
I hope your project is a success, and I will be watching your future release information with great interest.
 
David Stangret
http://www.classicrecordings.on.ca/

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Hey David, welcome. It sounds like you've come to the right place! Do you know the output of the A77 playback heads? I used to have a Mk2 that I had converted to 1/2 track. I was never that crazy about the sound of the playback amps but I loved it just the same.

I can't say for sure, but I think the playback head measured at 1.5 mV. I don't have that 4 track anymore, so I cannot check for you.

David

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Suggestion Box / Re: Stravinsky Pulcinella/Apollon-Argo
« on: March 22, 2007, 09:39:59 AM »
This is an absolutely superb performance and recording. A great recommendation!

David

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I re-wired a stock 4 track Revox A-77 MKIII directly from the tape heads to the output jacks and then ran 2 foot leads into my Harmon Kardon Citation 1 pre-amp's tape head input.

The resulting sound was a revelation compared to any 4 track machine I have ever heard on any system. I double checked this by playing back my 2 track tapes on the 4 track machine, and then I compared the sound of those recordings by playing them back on my 2 track Revox with it's internal pre-amp going into the standard tape input on the HK, as well as directly into my power amps, bypassing a linestage pre-amp altogether. Without an exception, the 2 track tapes always sounded better played back on the 4 track machine going through the tape head input.

Of course that is just my experience.

David

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