Re: [ARSCLIST] Cassette speeds, was Can 78s sound better than LPs?

[Lou Judson <loujudson@xxxxxxx>]

I believe Dobly ref is 400Hz, but for speed adjustment 5k is a lot 
easier to read on a frequency meter, according to my experience running 
a realtime duplication line with 50 Sonys double decks. Higher freq 
resolves faster...

Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Aug 28, 2006, at 8:00 AM, Mike Richter wrote:

> I should think anyone dealing professionally with cassettes would have 
> a Dolby reference tape. Though I'm a rank amateur, I have a pair of 
> them and have used them often in setting up decks to transfer tapes. 
> IIRC, the tone is 1 KHz, but regardless of the frequency it is 
> recorded at reference level and the two (from different sources) 
> continue to check out against one another after decades of occasional 
> use.
>
> Mike