[78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?^

[bradc944 at comcast.net]

You're only set straight if it's an in-line head tape... I have yet to see a good repro from a staggered-head stereo release (without MASSIVE doinking with the head spacing...). The phase-shifting from those will well and truly give one Staggered Head Syndrome, which displays itself by the listener wandering aimlessly about the room, dizzily bumping into objects trying to find the true center of the recording.  Rumour has it that the East German Stasi used those, along with off-center recordings of Ken Griffin, to interrogate captured espionage agents from the West.....

Brad

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Van Landingham <danvanlandingham at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thu, 26 May 2011 20:45:26 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?

I have to admit I was somewhat confused with the terminology regarding stereo 
reel to reel recordings.Thanks for the explanation.I've wondered about stereo 
recording for the last 40
years.Now I've been set straight.Thanks again.




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From: J. E. Knox 
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Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 1:05:35 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?

Greetings from FixitLand!

Joe Salerno wrote:

> What is a full track stereo?

That is a 1/4-inch stereo tape with two half-width tracks containing  
a stereo signal (or two mono signals) in only one direction; the tape  
has but one "side." Playing the tape from tail to head results in  
reversed audio. This is as opposed to a full-track tape with one mono  
signal in only one direction, a half-track tape which has one mono  
signal in each direction, or a quarter-track tape with one stereo  
signal (or two mono signals) in each direction.

Take care,


Joe
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