benklesc
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| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. Now above is for playback, but azimuth adjustment was also useful and always changing when recording as well. If the tape’s path and track(s) is/are not precisely perpendicular to the recording head (or at its best angle to it) as we know, you wil... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. This will be true regardless of the source of the recording. This 3rd harmonic makes tape good for taming the highs in digital systems, which like it or not have distortion called ’aliasing’ (since the digital world does not like to admit to disto... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. I have to second that. I would have preferred a cassette or reel to reel comeback instead of vinyl, but we might get lucky as I heard those are making a comeback as well. Better buy them while you still can. Lol! Vinyl is one of the most difficult... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. I feel like I discussed cassettes but not reel to reel. So I want to post that one of the main benefits of reel to reel is that it plays at higher speeds. At higher speeds it’s much harder to distort. So with a reel to reel deck you only need 20dB... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. Ferrite heads aren’t relapped because its not worth it. Relapping a head only works out if you have a more expensive part and nearly all ferrite cassette heads are inexpensive.For that reason I have an admitted bias against ferrite heads, because ... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. This statement is false. I’ve seen them worn first-hand.I should clarify this point. Ferrite heads can never really be relapped but they do fail. When I purchased my Teac 7030GSL with ferrite heads I brought them to John @ JRF Magnetics hoping to ... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. @clearthink by the way VHS tape wears like crazy there is a lot of friction in there!VHS makes a good comparison showcasing the differences between a linear format and helical. What makes helical scan unique is the heads are recessed VERY SLIGHTLY... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. Seriously?? Head azimuth **is** part of head alignment! Along with head height (on reel to reels). On a cassette deck azimuth is the only adjustment you get when aligning the heads. So on cassettes, azimuth and head alignment are exactly the same ... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. A common myth is that azimuth is related to head alignment and that is not really the case. Only true when recording. It’s tape and no one tape has the same alignment and it will change overtime. There is no such thing as correct azimuth to clarif... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. Great to hear from you Andrew. I agree. Cassettes unfortunately have serious quality control and this is related to azimuth as well. I love rtr decks because of how easy they are to calibrate. Even the best tape decks (the Nak ZX-9, CR-7, the Tand... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. @CleedsWhat’s your point? First you say one thing, then another. Either way, there’s no question that tape heads are subject to wear. It’s not a "myth."That’s actually impossible. Cassette and reel are two different formats, two different tape wid... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. I made an account on here just so I could reply to this. In 2014 I decided to buy my first reel to reel deck for the home. I went through Akai, two Panasonics, and finally landed on Teac 7030GSL to my liking. In 2017 I bought an MCI JH110 I use fo... |