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Why didn't you said that earlier? I could buy myself a a car without to loan a money from the bank, but I've already bought abougt 15 tapes

Never seen it before so I don't even know what it is but absolutely beautiful. All of it. https://www.facebook.com/reel/511842201415479/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

As an amateur teen smoker, I was more "exploring" different brands like Dunhill, Rothmans and others. Later at high school we were smoking Lucky Strike, Winston 100s, French well known Gauloises and Gitanes both with and without filter and some others :) In that time Marlboro was about 25...

Just came home after the "hard working day" and a walker was waiting for me. Not Johnnie from Scotland but James from London :) Introduced a bottle of tonic to him :) Seems that it's gonna be a nice easy evening.

And that's the answer I was looking for! Another weekend - another knowledge :) Thanx! I know which one you was meaning, I have 34 of XLII-S, just mentioned that I've recently bought couple of XLII in a black shell/green wrap. Don't know how good they are, but a price was OK. *still can't...

OK, so generally the one should (but not necessarily) use a tape which have a flat FR, obviously ferric. If I understand correctly, type I cassettes requires the least bias. Then why set external bias pots in the middle? That way there is a limited amount of positive bias to add and it can be...

XLII-S is one of my favs but didn't tested yet to record one on my newly adjusted decks. Good that you Vince pointed that XLII-S one is one of those which needs more bias. Generally, is it so that all chrome tapes need more bias than normal ones? How about a metal tapes, are they closer to...

The one I'm talking about is RS-B965 which is I believe from '90. or '91. I think somebody wrote somewhere that Technics and some other Japanese decks are adjusted with TDK tapes. How good was TDK tapes from that era is something else. I wasn't even thinking about that you said "... as the year...

And that's exactly where I don't want to go :) I was curious it there are some tapes that are more "in the middle" and better for BIAS adjustment. As an amateur, I have so far learned myself that ferric tapes are more flat and needs less bias, while chrome needs more bias. Didn't tested metal...

My decks are finally serviced and adjusted but there is one thing I'm curious about. I have tried to adjust BIAS using Maxell UDII-90CD (the one with a clear shell) and TDK SA60 from 82-83. It didn't worked well because... no matter. Another Phoenix member which I appreciate a lot told me to try...

Just temporarily changing a subject :) Anyone believe that this stuff is real. Not that I'm interested, I have what I need and when I don't then I buy from Alex ANT. I'm just curious, after so many years, guy have a bunch of all possible and impossible test tapes...

Hey @Makymak, some guy is selling AZ7 i Sweden, asking for 500€. Seems that I was wrong about that deck :) Here is a sellers description: A top of the line , high end audiophile Technics RS-AZ7 , made in Japan in 1996 . The Technics RS-AZ7 cassette deck is one of the best sounding & recording...

Never seen those tapes before but they should be good. 100€ is not a little money but unfortunately tape prices in Europe are high. Our friends at the other side of the ocean have a better luck. Cassettes in US are cheaper and much easier to find. Regarding a lenght, 100 minutes should be fine...

Hard to tell if a quality of that Houston tape is good. Somebody should test it. Since that it's not available here in Europe, everything is on you guys in US.

Oh, I've seen many times people are throwing a stones on the other people :violent1: and cursing a decks for stealing a threads :cussing: but if we gonna play dirty - no problem, let's play dirty.:blob5: How's the weather today in your country? :angel4:

To avoid stealing a tread I'm sending you a PM.

As many of you, I've left a tapes behind me a many years ago. Then I found somewhere a Technics RS-AZ7 (really nothing special regarding a sound and a junk regarding a build quality) which I bougt for cheap without any special reason (maybe looking nice). Then I discovered some web pages about...

Those Pb gain trimpots are way too sensitive :) Got it to about 385-391mV and peaks are still at +2. Adjusted R67/R68 (now trimpots) to 78K and it's there, exactly at +3 (Dolby mark). Will order fixed 78K next time, until then trimpots will do a job.

You probably have right about rising dolby level a bit but one thong I'm not sure (actually lot of things but in this case only one): Should it be as close as possible to 388mV but not over 388 OR as close as possible to 388mV while some mV +/- is accepted?