On 4/11/00 4:51 PM, Ralph Smeets wrote:
> And price-performance? To use metal-tape and to listen to it, you need
> the best tape-deck in the world. Like the Nakomichi Dragon. But be
> prepared to pay more then for a normal MD-deck.
> Metal-tape walkmans exists, but are rare to find and also expensive. They
> are not as expensive as MD walkmans, but they are in the neighboorhood.
> And for cars... Well head-units for metal-tapes exists but again, they
> are expensive.
> And a good metal tape costs a lot more than a MD-blank.
>
> Add to that all the convinience of MDs (editing, random-access, size) and
> you'll see why tape is on its way out....
Don't forget head azimuth mistracking/misalignment, which can cause a tape
made on one deck to have serious high-frequency loss when played on another.
Dale
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