Posted by Phat Bytestard on 07/27/06 02:10

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:21:17 -0700, WinField <doghouse@operamail.com>
Gave us:

>
>WinField wrote:
>
>> ... Because of the narrower tape used in cassettes,
>> signal-to-noise ratio was a problem. (hiss)
>
>Addendum:
> And SLOWER tape speed. Cassettes used 1-7/8 ips, 8-track boogied at
>3-3/4 ips.
>
>[ ips = inches per second ]

The faster tape speed is BETTER. Any reel to reel personage would
know that.

Whoopie doo for baseline hiss... the frequency response was nearly
doubled for a doubling of tape speed, which is why BIC made the dual
speed cassette deck I have one of.

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