Re: [ARSCLIST] VHS and Beta (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity)

[phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We had one of those too.  A complete quad extravaganza.  JBL L100, huge 
Marantz receiver, Garrard turntable.  It sounded amazing.  I see a 
surprising number of those "quad" R2R decks.  I've seen more of those than 
the tapes for some reason.  I work on R2Rs for people and those old quad 
decks are popular.
Phillip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] VHS and Beta (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity)


> the reels were cooler. I borrowed a pile of them, transferred them to 
> digital and burned to DVD-A discs. Some of the quad mixes were pretty 
> hokey but some were excellent, and the reels were later-era, so they used 
> decent tape, had less hiss and no edge warpage. Apparently they were 
> premium-priced, so no 3.75IPS junk either. If the quad disk formats hadn't 
> been such kludges, the format might have worked, but I think even if the 
> mass-market version (grooved disks) worked well and sounded great, there 
> just aren't that many people willing to double the size, cost and 
> complexity of their sound system. The same wall hit by SACD.