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Old 3rd Dec 2019, 12:02 am   #21
jamesperrett
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Default Re: Nakamichi bliss!

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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler View Post
Back in the day, I was told that cassettes were better than open reel, because they had Dolby, 'metal tape', and all sorts of things.
Of course in the professional world there was Dolby A and then Dolby SR which were more sophisticated than the Dolby B, C and S that were used domestically. Tape formulations also improved in a different way, generally targeting higher output where reference levels could be up to 9dB higher than with older formulations.
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