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From: ttak@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Timothy Takahashi)
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Subject: Re: dbx
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Date: 20 Sep 90 12:49:11 GMT
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In article <6421@uwm.edu> 09nilles%cuavax.dnet@netcon.cua.edu (Fiver Toadflax) writes:
>>Anyone out there in "netland" using DBX on a cassette deck?
>
>I have it both as a seperate component and as part of my tape deck.  I find
>that if the volumes are not too high and you don't saturate the recording,
>that one can get very good results that are hard to distinguish from a CD.
>
>My opinion of dbx : I love it.

I beg to differ. 

I found dbx on a 1985 vintage Technics deck to be a-musical. Both dBx and
Dolby C had noticable artifacts - primarily hiss "pumping" and tracking
error. This was irritating : Dolby C mistracked on percussive
material such as piano music, dBx pumped badly on vocal/operatic music.

Despite the high hiss levels, Dolby B was relatively innocuous in operation.

I've noticed the hiss pumping on stereo VCR tracks as well.

My choice for recording is my old Teac X-3 open reel deck (a mere 65 db S/N
ratio). This hiss is audible, but has a "soft" character. The sound quality
seems more open and dynamic than cassette (w/ dolby B).



tim