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From: wjm@whuxk.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: dbx
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Date: Wed, 31-Aug-83 09:09:56 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 31 09:09:56 1983
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I'd suspect that the dbx unit on Charles Francois' Teac machine may have been
out of adjustment.  I've never noticed any "breathing" on either dbx encoded
disks of piano and harp music (both of which would show it up) - most of the
disks I have were released by Klavier or by dbx tape dubs of LP's.  I'm using
an outboard dbx 224 before my Nak 680ZX (with no noise reduction on the Nak)
and generally use Maxell tape (XL-IIS and MX metal for hyper-critical recordings)
Generally, as I've said before, I think dbx is the greatest thing since sliced
bread for noise reduction.  dbx disks are interesting, since they are fairly
immune to scratches and surface noise.  One of the Klavier piano recordings
I have came with a rather severe scratch on it - if this had been a conventional
recording, I would have taken it back immediately, but with dbx it is, frankly,
inaudible.  They are the closest thing to CD's in the analog LP medium.
The only drawback is that there are very few titles released in this form.
Given Teac's reputation (frankly, I regard them as #3 in tape decks after
Nakamichi and Revox, in that order) I'm surprised at the problem.  The behavior
that "Stereo Review" found on the Z-6000 is more typical of what I'd expect
from Teac.
                                           Bill Mitchell
                                           Bell Laboratories, Whippany, NJ
                                           (whuxk!wjm)
disclaimer, these are my personal opinions and not necessarily those of my
employer, Bell Laboratories.