"jdd" wrote in message ...
Dave Plowman (News) a écrit :

I never bothered much with cassettes

I have a cassette deck, not really expensive, that tests the tape before
writing and ajust the bias

the result seems good at the time I had it, but MD is better, even with
max compression and Zoom H2 much better, now. The standard change and I'm
not sure it's always necessary (laser copy for an invoice...)

jdd

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Adjusting bias is only one line-up adjustment necessary: Tape sensitivity
varies considerably with different tape manufacturers and will seriously
affect Dolby tracking, azimuth will vary cassette-to-cassette and EQ
adjustment may be necessary as heads wear. Cassette was incredibly capable
considering the narrow track width and slow tape speed, but only if it was
meticulously maintained, which of course very few actually were.

MD was definitely an improvement, in spite of the lossy compression, but
once hard-disc recording became possible, everything else just seems so
difficult.

S.
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