Re: [ARSCLIST] Can 78s sound better than LPs?

[Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25/08/06, Dnjchi@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 8/25/2006 5:37:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
> mshoshani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> Michael Shoshani
> Chicago
> Who inherently distrusts cassettes at all since working in a studio
> with three
> different cassette decks, NONE of which ran at the exact same speed as
> the other two...
> 
> 
> 
> Years ago, on a new cassette recorder, I recorded the time signals
> from WWV (short wave). Since then I have used that cassette to test
> the speed of other machines. If close, you hear beat frequencies.
> Usually, however, they are WAY off!

There can be a difference of 5% between speeds of cassette decks.

I made up a cassette with a measured length of tape to set the speed on
my recorder (now long since dead).

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx