Re: Akai blank cassette question

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>, "Serge Auckland"
<sergeauckland@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"GregS" <zekfrivo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> In article 
>> <02e215cc-e3e0-4fe0-a57a-5bdffc647c49@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, CLM
in 
>> ND <camarvel8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>On Apr 30, 12:34=A0pm, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>wrote:
>>>> CLM in ND wrote:
>>>> > Thanks for all the replies. =A0I'm going to buy some Akai tape, but

>>>> > also=
>>>
>>>> > a box or two of TDK as well.
>>>>
>>>> > I have a lot of music on hard drive, but I want a backup on a
format
>>>> > in case something should ever happen to my computer. =A0With
CD-R's,
>>>> > you're too reliant on the computer
>>>>
>>>> Not if you archive as audio CD !
>>>>
>>>> Graham
>>>
>>>That sounds like a plan.
>>>
>>>My apologies if my post wasn't very technically savvy, but I always
>>>liked the way a well-made cassette sounded.  I really just wanted to
>>>know if anyone on this forum had used Akai high bias cassettes.
>>
>> I never like high bias because they had poorer frequency response.
>> The sound is much the way you adjust the bias. My old favorite was BASF
>> low bias, forgot the name. It had the best response period. You could
also 
>> see right
>> through the tape.
>>
>> greg
>>
>
>
>ALL tapes, whether high bias or low bias need the right amount of bias to

>get the right balance between distortion and output level. As few
cassette 
>machines had adjustable record EQ, getting the bias right also allowed
the 
>frequency response to come out flat(ish) You can't say that high bias
tapes 
>had a poor frequency response, they may have had *in your machine* as it 
>wasn't set up correctly. BASF was capable of excellent results, but its
bias 
>requirements were low and most if not all Japanese made recorders would 
>over-bias the tape resulting in higher distortion and poor HF
performance. 
>It also had a relatively low MOL compared to TDK and Maxell, and much
lower 
>MOL than That's. However, if the machine was set up correctly, it did
have a 
>very flat response with minimal dropouts.

The big difference betwen low and hi bias tapes is the S/N ratio as I saw
it
and of course cost. I was into cost.

greg


>Bias