On 16/09/2013 18:01, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , RJH
wrote:


That's as I saw it, but I always preferred the sound recording without
Dolby B, C or S. Sounded variously muffled, compressed or treble-light.

That's certainly the case for many of the (few) commercial pre-recorded
cassettes I have. But I suspect they'd have sounded lousy without dolby
anyway - because the people duplicating them couldn't be bothered to take
due care.


Obviously a product of my naivety, but the poor quality of pre-recorded
cassettes was a surprise to me, especially considering the price.

For the cassettes I recorded myself, I found dolby 'B' generally worked
fine. Still sounds fine for tapes I recorded on a Pioneer deck in the 1980s
and playback now on the CD2.


Even with my my own tapes I preferred recording without Dolby. And I did
use quite well reviewed, if nothing near top-end, cassette decks and
tapes. Perhasps as Tony says - alignment issue.

Still, quite enjoying putting on the old Festive 50s and 1990s GLR shows
from time to time.

Cheers, Rob