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

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

The only 2 track stereo tapes I've ever played (on a quarter track deck with the 
balance control turned somewhat to one side so that the tracks balance out) were 
inline tapes. I'm not sure where the 2 heads would have to be for a staggared 
tape to play properly. Even though I've seen a few staggered tapes on Ebay the 
inline tapes are more plentiful when they show up.




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

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