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RE: Bit the bullet and set up the monitor.

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Dave Pogue

In Reply to: RE: Bit the bullet and set up the monitor. posted by dbphd on January 14, 2014 at 10:44:34

I'm curious about your last paragraph. I've had reel-to-reel tape decks among my primary music sources since the 1960s. Given that open reel is definitely a "hair shirt" medium (just try finding a specific track in a 7-inch or 10.5-inch reel), I'm not clear on what you mean by "the foibles of magnetic storage" and why they should be avoided.

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RE: Bit the bullet and set up the monitor. - dbphd 02:34:59 01/15/14 (2)
Dave,

Print-through, tape deterioration, and the need to keep the heads carefully aligned are the issues I recall. Although not an issue with the Ampex 350s nor the portable Nagra, I understand speed stability can be with lesser recorders. Anyway, I never wanted an audio tape recorder for personal use. I did have an early video tape recorder, though. IIRC, it was surplus from some Silicon Valley enterprise, and very cheap.

db
- I understand. - Dave Pogue 06:14:07 01/15/14 (1)
  You either put up with open reel tape's "hair shirt" aspects, or you don't. I wouldn't be without my Otari and deHavilland tapehead preamp, and I've found the medium provides way more pleasure than pain. It helps to have a great tape tech available to me.
  - RE: I understand. - dbphd 18:08:19 01/15/14 (0)
    Dave,
    
    I forgot to mention that the rule in the lab was never fast forward or rewind. To do so increases the likelihood of print-through. More hair shirt stuff. I'll bet those Ampex 350s went to surplus along with the Mac MC 60s and Altec VOT-500s.
    
    db

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