Tape Project Forum
Tape Machines => Reel to Reel Tape Machines => Topic started by: zaphod on August 22, 2011, 09:44:11 PM
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is the otari 5050 BII2 +4 broadcast or -10?
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Both.
The output level is selectable using a switch on the rear panel. The switch is marked High (for +4 dBm) and Low (for -10 dBm).
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And factory set to Medium.
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Both.
The output level is selectable using a switch on the rear panel. The switch is marked High (for +4 dBm) and Low (for -10 dBm).
Thanks Jeri. The pdf of the manual that i got the other day is images, not text so search doesn't work on it (and i didn't find it by skimming through the pages by eye. (heck it's an audio sight, not a video sight - i'm allowed to be blind from time to time....)
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is the otari 5050 BII2 +4 broadcast or -10?
In case anyone's interested in the minutiae, the standard in recording studios has long been +4, but the broadcasters settled on +8, which they actually borrowed from the phone company. Since Ampex sold machines to customers in both recording and broadcast, their machines could be set up easily for either standard.