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Tape Machines => Tape Project Machines => Topic started by: heideana on May 06, 2007, 12:36:17 PM

Title: Heat/Noise head shields
Post by: heideana on May 06, 2007, 12:36:17 PM

I just figured out the little plate which pops up to cover the tape path over the playback head on my PR99 must be a variation on the shield I can manually pop-up on my Studer B67.  What exactly are these shields supposed to do? 

Also, they aren't part the Technics design and wondered if they'd be part of the final Doc Bottlehead design?

Title: Re: Heat/Noise head shields
Post by: ReelPROAudio on September 18, 2007, 09:33:58 AM

Hop, putting a shield in front of playback head improves (or so they believe) signal to noise ratio of raw signal coming from the head. Best, Angel