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From: cm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (jeff t. segawa)
Newsgroups: rec.audio,sci.physics,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Mercury Filled Speaker Wire
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Date: Mon, 5-Oct-87 13:58:47 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  5 13:58:47 1987
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Reply-To: cm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (jeff t. segawa)
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Summary: Cassette master tapes
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In article <601@unisoft.UUCP> bks@unisoft.UUCP (Brian K. Shiratsuki) writes:
>In article <899@uhccux.UUCP> cm450s02@uhccux.UUCP (jeff t. segawa) writes:
>>...Neither [cd ] player, in my opinion, does as good a job at sound reproduc-
>>tion as a really good cassette deck running first generation master tapes...
>
>what do you mean ``first generation master tapes'' on a cassette deck?  who
>masters on cassettes, and where do you find these tapes?
>-- 
>
>				brian

At the stereo store I use to work at, one of the guys there was into live
recording, so when he had the chance, he would invite musician customers
to perform (in the sound room). Recording equipment generall included a
Nakamiche 550, Nakamichi BX300 and Sony SLHF900 Super Beta. (though not
all at the same time). 2 or 3 Nakamichi mikes were also used (using the
550 as a simple mixing board). The advantage of having these tapes is
that we knew just what the original performance was supposed to sound like
so we had an idea what the recording/playback equipment was or was not
reproducing faithfully. I have also done live recordings using a 
Nakamichi 500 and Sony SL5200 Beta Hi Fi. True, we probably would have
been better off using 15 or 30 ips open reel tapes, but we didn't have
access to one.