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Prerecorded Tapes / Quadraphonic tapes
« on: April 12, 2011, 06:36:06 AM »
Hi to all.

Please an information: may the "discrete quadraphonic" open reel pre-recorded tapes be played on 2 tracks RtR? Obviously without 4phonic effect but simply in stereo?

Thanks!

Cheers,

Guglielmo


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Hi to all.

When l wish to listen to my BC's tapes I utilise an outboard unit, the Nakamichi NR 200. Very versatile and well performing.

By the way I play the BC's reels with a Revox A77 MkIII 4 tracks. The Nakamichi NR 200 got a separate play/record section so even when I wish to record on-field with my Nagra IV-SJ with Dolby B at 15ips it may be successfully interfaced!

Cheers,

Guglielmo

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Nagra IV JS
« on: March 24, 2011, 10:20:31 AM »
My "new" tool is arrived, it is in very good shape, now I have to understand its operation and put it at its best.

There are functions to set the equalization so I would ask the TP people helpful suggestions to utilise this machine may be also for TP tapes listening...

The first addition must be a QGB big reels adaptor, of course, but what about "tuning" to get the most from high quality 2 track tapes?

Thank you for help!

Guglielmo

 

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Re: Nagra IV JS
« on: March 08, 2011, 10:31:38 AM »
Hello Jesse, and many compliments for your wonderful machines!

Also the Stellavox is amazing mainly with its scarce ABR option! You are lucky to own the 2 best portable recorders, it would be interesting to hear from you pros and cons of both...

By the way I am waiting my Nagra IV-SJ so I will try its features mainly in playback recorded tapes. Also the QGB for Nagra is a very appreciated accessory but vey very expensive and difficult to find... Do you know if the ABR (less expensive) may somehow work with Nagra's?

Guglielmo

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Reel to Reel Tape Machines / Nagra IV JS
« on: March 02, 2011, 01:21:59 PM »
Hi to all!

Please I need an information: I may have the occasion to get a good Nagra IV JS. My aim is not to to record but mainly to play my collection of 2 track pre-recorded tapes. Is it a good machine suitable for this scope? What is the difference between the classic IV S and this version? Is it a "well sounding" machine?

Thanks for contribution!

Guglielmo


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Prerecorded Tapes / Re: Barclay Crocker Tapes Equalisation
« on: September 07, 2010, 07:19:29 AM »
Thank ironbut for contribution.

Actually if we look at the different Eq curves in recording we note that (beside different behaviour on the low frequencies) the IEC has less attenuation after 4kHz





This should imply a less brilliant sound if we choose IEC (whose curve is complementary to that of recording) during playback but actually it seems the opposite...
Anyway I agree with you that any curve is "good" for good listening apart technical considerations and physical reproduction argumentation. Moreover I would say that my personal preference of IEC with BC tapes is not so evident with all tapes and this may be due to different setup during original recording and even different setups during dubbing at BC studio. And this beside any thoughts about compensation for some of the age and wear related deficiencies of older tapes as you rightly said...

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Prerecorded Tapes / Barclay Crocker Tapes Equalisation
« on: September 06, 2010, 03:29:36 AM »
Hi,

first of all I would say hello to everybody, I am new on this wonderful Forum!

And now just a question following some listening to my BC prerecorded tapes: are these dubbed with NAB or IEC equalisation? Actually I believed that "modern" equalisation is NAB std. due to the fact that on my Revox A77 the IEC is "suggested" (on User Manual) for "old" recordings... On the contrary I understand that top master tapes like "The Tape Project" are IEC...

Moreover listening to good BC tapes with good decoding Dolby Unit (Nakamichi NR 200) on my Revox the IEC position (rather than NAB) seems giving more dynamic and live music...

Thank you for clarification

Guglielmo

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