In Reply to: RE: Recording noise. posted by DRam on January 23, 2014 at 19:56:49:
That is a gorgeous looking deck!!
The tapes you mentioned are all older formulations and don't do your deck justice. Try to track down some Maxell UD, TDK GX, Agfa 469 or BASF. They would be excellent with your deck. In your research, try to find info on which of them might be subject to the "sticky shed syndrome" (I don't remember). There is a list out there somewhere - I've seen it.
Also, whatever the tape that came with the deck would be a good choice. Decks are set up and optimized for one tape or another, although a variety with similar characteristics will work just fine.
I would avoid the very high output tapes like Quantegy 499, since they are intended for pro machines with high output low noise electronics, and your machine probably isn't designed to fully take advantage of them.
hth
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- RE: Recording noise. - Inmate51 10:52:52 01/24/14 (1)
- RE: Recording noise. - DRam 18:52:39 01/25/14 (0)