Re: [ARSCLIST] NAB vs. DIN recordings

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard L. Hess wrote:
> I am interested in David Lennick's comments as to the wide utilization 
> of the DIN heads (2.8 mm tracks) throughout CBC).
>
> I wonder if the EQ was NAB or IEC?
>
> I just cleaned a couple of moldy CBC Toronto tapes and they are indeed 
> DIN track width. They sound like NAB EQ, however.

Couldn't tell you any more than that..I was a host and producer in the 80s, and 
they'd just come through having NABET busted. Prior to '82, if as a free-lancer 
I brought in one of my own tapes to play they had to have one of their techs 
re-record it (on an off-speed Ampex down in the basement). I eventually swiped 
a roll of NABET stickers and began to make sure I used the same type of tape 
(which was easy to obtain, since Tape Reclaim never cleared the hallways and a 
trip through the building any night would yield up tons of reusable reels). 
Them was the days.

dl