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Re: [ARSCLIST] NAB vs. DIN recordings
At 08:41 PM 2007-03-25, Tom Fine wrote:
Hi Richard:
If the low-freq fringeing effects are common, that's one thing, but
except for a classical music master made in a very quiet room with a
very quiet recording rig, I doubt 1.7dB s/n degradation is very audible.
There is also a sense that I cannot put numbers to that recordings
sound better when played with matching heads. It's subtle, but it's
there. One thing with the wider heads 108 (I mis-spoke--thanks Eric)
vs 82 mils gives a bit more robustness against minor level variations
-- and, with the new numbers, it's 2.0 dB improvement in S/N. But if
I have "grain" in the tape and average it over 82 mils vs. the same
"grain" averaged over 108 mils, I will get a smoother sounding
recording. It's more than just noise floor. I learned this on the
full track Mulling recordings and it seemed to be true today with the
CBC spoken word recordings.
The worst thing I've encountered with half-tracks were a bunch of
tapes where the guy made recordings on "side A" on his first machine
in the 1950's and then decided he'd record on "side B" with his new
machine in the late 60's. Neither was in "standard" azimuth per my
MRL tape and they weren't in azimuth to each other.
I hate it when that happens and yes, you've got to do two transfers.
What about different azimuths within the side? OY!
Cheers,
Richard
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