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- From: rhoades@ll.mit.edu (Captain Chaos)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Optimization dilemma...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.195210.28052@ll.mit.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 19:52:10 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.145134.7236@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1992Dec20.201807.12202@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec20.201807.12202@en.ecn.purdue.edu> syd@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Dennis P Hilgenberg) writes:
- >Bruce Gan writes:
- >
- > ... Both chrome and metal tapes utilize the same
- >(70us) equalization, ...
-
- I've wondered about this for some time. It was also my understanding that
- the Type II and Type IV selection were both at 70us. So why then do my tape
- decks have a separate position for II and IV? Both of mine use the same
- dual-toggle approach (out-out=I, in-out=II, in-in=IV) -- does this mean the
- second switch does nothing? I doubt it since I can _hear_ a difference...
-
- What is/was Type III? My father's old Pioneer deck has an additional tape
- type called, I think, Ferric Oxide, which appears as though it might be
- Type III. What are Type I and Type IV made of (the term 'metal' has always
- struck me as odd since last I checked, chrome was a metal)?
-
- Andrew
- rhoades@ll.mit.edu
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