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    Kudos to Dan Labrie of Myriad Magnetic

    I can also highly recommend Dan. I've worked with him on several occasions and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
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    Best Quality Cassette Tape?

    Hello, Welcome! Your Nakamichi deck has provisions for using Normal, CrO2 and Metal tapes with corresponding bias position selection on the front panel. In very general terms the widest frequency response and lowest distortion will be with CrO2 (Chrome) and Metal tapes. Also since these two tape...
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    Concord DBA-10

    Hello, welcome! The service manual appears to be available here for around $12.00: https://www.analogalley.com/osccart/product_info.php?products_id=350 I've never used this company myself, but usually these places are pretty trustworthy. Good luck with your project!
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    New Piano Trio Tapes Coming Soon!

    I've listened to all three of these most recent tapes from Ed's company and have enjoyed them thoroughly! What is most apparent is the string tone quality, particularly the sound produced by Alena's violin and the richness of Narek's cello. I believe this is what analogue does without...
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    John "Jay" McKnight

    Here's an interesting fact from his Wikipedia page: In 1973 and 1974 he was a member of Judge John Sirica's "Advisory Panel on White House Tapes". As a part of his testimony,
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    The Latest Releases From Ultraanalogue Recordings

    Hi Ed, I had a chance today to listen to both tapes and they are fantastic, you've certainly raised your already amazing sonic bar. The immediacy and clarity of the piano combined with the fantastic transient response are the very best I've ever heard. Then there's the dynamic range and power...
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    An appreciation of an Ampex 351 tape deck

    That's great news! It's so satisfying to know that music is still being captured by these wonderful machines. Keep us posted on your future releases. Any chance of making tape copies?
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    Studer a807Mk2 Went Down. Software display - Blinking Lights - Then Nothing

    While not close to your area I can highly recommend Jack Clark at JMTechnical Arts in Tennessee, he was head of Revox/Studer service for a number of years. http://www.jmtecharts.com
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    Mid 50's RCA tape

    One of the ways to identify an acetate tape is to hold the side of the reel up to a bright light source. If the light is visible the tape is acetate, if not it is Mylar.
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    ampex 2000

    The tape itself is 1/4" wide, what varies are the arrangements of the magnetic tracks on the tape and the recorded tape speed. The most prevalent track arrangement is 4 track (also called quarter track) this means the tape's width is divided into four sections. Most of the prerecorded rock and...
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    ampex 2000

    With the exception of the prerecorded cassette tapes made by Advent most of them didn't fulfill the potential capability possible. Also some of the London and Mobile Fidelity cassettes sounded very good provided they were played on a good quality deck. Do you have an idea of which tape format...
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    ampex 2000

    It's easy to become discouraged about adding magnetic tape to a sound system, yes heads do become worn out and pinch rollers need replacing, but there can be significant rewards. Tape play back is the only format (digital or analogue) where the left and right audio channels remain separate from...
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    ampex 2000

    To be honest with you as much of an Ampex fan as I am I don't believe that particular series was very good. I would recommend considering one of the very popular Sony tape decks of that era, such as the TC-355 or TC-377 in good condition. The Teac machines are another consideration, however...

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