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- From: smills@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (MuffinHead)
- Subject: Re: Hi-Fi VCRs
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.071331.23920@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>
- Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- References: <ceh0bY600WAv8g4287@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 07:13:31 GMT
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- Brent Hayden Thomas <bt0y+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
-
- >Hi, I was just having a discussion with a friend of mine who claims that
- >hi-fi VCR can record audio superior to that of anything except DATs and
- >CDs. For some reason I found this hard to believe considering all the
- >noise reduction standards available on high quality standard tape decks,
- >but he said it was pretty much common knowledge.
- >Is there any truth to this claim, and if so, how much of the fidelity is
- >lost by extending the recording time of the tape?
-
- For one thing, I've never really found the need for noise reduction on a
- HiFi deck. I could be wrong because I haven't paid attention. The quality
- and frequency response is very good because of the head:tape speed. The
- speed of the tape (i.e. SP or EP) doesn't make much difference at all.
- --
- Muff
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