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General Discussion / Re: What's The Problem??

« on: January 23, 2008, 11:56:45 AM »

I agree.  Especially since some of the publications you mentioned review equipment and "software" that is obscure, to say the least.  Perhaps it is a matter of time- what you read in this months Journal of Whatever was actually written quite a few weeks back.  Bob, you were very proactive by writing to them; maybe others should do the same!

Kent

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Raw Tape / Re: Scotch (3M) 206

« on: October 26, 2007, 12:07:00 PM »

It is absolutely true that with Dolby, you can listen without decoding (through Dolby).  The sound may be a bit "bright", as Dolby messes with the highs when it encodes.  If you are like me, you have lost some of your high frequency hearing anyway, so it may sound fine...
The same cannot be said for dbx, if you should come into tapes encoded that way.  You must decode with dbx (type 1 or type 2 and they are not interchangable) for it to sound remotely correct.

Kent

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Raw Tape / Re: Scotch (3M) 206

« on: October 23, 2007, 11:30:33 AM »

Hi Bob,
Scotch (3M) "206" (and its counterpart, the thinner 207) were called "high output/low noise" by their maker.  They were +3db formulations, backcoated.  I have used quite a bit of it, both way back when and recently.  Have never had a problem with sticky shed, but the tape I have used has always been stored correctly.  It is probably my favorite tape for use on my older Teac machines (A-3300S-2T, A-3300-SX, etc).  I believe it is as good as Maxell UD, although some others feel it isn't.  The only equivalent that I know of might be the now out of production Quantegy 406/407.
Thanks for the mag polish tip- will have to try it soon!

Kent