Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!brad From: brad@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Brad Spear) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Cassette deck advice Message-ID: <2363@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 11:21:39 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.2363 Posted: Tue Sep 24 11:21:39 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 05:51:11 EDT References: <275@pedsgd.UUCP> Reply-To: brad@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Brad Spear) Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 23 In article <275@pedsgd.UUCP> bob@pedsgd.UUCP (Robert A. Weiler) writes: > ... > One strange note - the salesfolk at Woodbridge Stereo are saying > that HX-Pro is a subtefuge used by 'lesser' decks to compensate > for the inferiority of their heads as opposed to the NAK. ... I think the salesfolk at Woodbridge are a bit biased towards the NAK. Many quality manufacturers use HX-Pro, generally in their high-end units. (based on the manufacturer's specs in the Oct '85 issue of Audio magazine). Having just gone through the job of finding a new tape deck, I checked just what HX-Pro does (or is supposed to do). In short, it changes bias levels depending on the high frequency content of the program material. This is supposed to overcome at least some of the deficiences of the tape. If HX-Pro is a subterfuge, then don't bother getting noise reduction either, since the noise in a tape is obviously because of the heads only, and never the tape. (:-)) I'm not sure what kind of distortion HX-Pro introduces, if any, but the MEASURABLE distortion on HX-Pro equipment seem to be as low as on any other deck. Brad Spear sdcrdcf!brad Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com