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- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Subject: Re: What happen to dbx?
- Message-ID: <C1B819.6q1@panix.com>
- Organization: Panix Public Access Internet & Unix, NYC
- References: <1993Jan22.194204.12111@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 13:55:56 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.194204.12111@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> sr001b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (s. satya vardhan reddy) writes:
- >
- >What ever happen to the dbx noice cancellation.
-
- Their professional division was bought out by someone else (forgot who) but
- the consumer division is gone.
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- > I believe that it is still better than Dolby S or Dolby HX Pro.
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- I own a dbx 224 and also a deck with Dolby S. I think Dolby S is more
- transparent.
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- You cannot compare dbx noise reduction to Dolby HX Pro as the latter is not
- a noise reduction system. It is a high frequency headroom extender.
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- > I bought two tape decks with it in the middle 80's but I don't even hear
- > of it anymore.
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- I have lots of dbx encoded tapes, and dread the day when my 224 breaks.
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