DAT-heads Digest #132, Volume #8 Sat, 5 May 07 11:50:00 EDT Contents: Re: Buying shows (Jimi Hendrix) (ijwthstd) Free trade only !! ("Gary Davis") Re: Dolby Questions (Tom McCreadie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ijwthstd Subject: Re: Buying shows (Jimi Hendrix) Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 10:31:18 -0700 (PDT) > Not trying to start any trouble here related to > buying > bootlegs, but I have paid quite a bit for Jimi > Hendix > tapes over the years. I don't really see what the big deal is either, even if it seems a bit tacky in this forum. I first started collecting by buying tapes from people in Goldmine and Circus Magazine. I have hardly ever bought shows since I started taping myself not long after but there are a few shows I would pay a hefty bounty for if that's what it takes to bring them to the surface. Thanks mainly to torrents for making buying and selling largely unnecessary but not everyone holding a rare recording believes it's their duty to do a public service by releasing it to everyone. Hell, even I don't believe it even if I seed like crazy when I have broadband access (FYI - I will have broadband access this weekend and will be seeding loads of masters TBD on Dime). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Gary Davis" Subject: Free trade only !! Reply-to: g@hoxnet.com Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 14:27:20 -0700 The rule on DAT-Heads is simple: If you're not cool enough to get it for free, you're not cool enough to get it here. --Gary ------------------------------ From: Tom McCreadie Subject: Re: Dolby Questions Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 14:16:23 +0200 These are all Dolby-B, with the AN-300 being a 4-channel unit to mate with Teac's 4-track reel to reels. Dolby A is a sophisticated, expensive system for professional studios. For example, the Dolby 363 was for unobtrusive noise-lowering of 1/2-track 15 ips tapes - i.e. tapes which already had low noise by pre-digital criteria Your terminology was a bit unclear: a "4-track" recorder handles 4-channels simultaneously, but a "stereo 1/4-track" lays down only 2 tracks (stereo) in one direction, then another 2 tracks in the reverse direction, when the reels are switched. I expect that your A-77 has stereo 1/4-track heads. If so, you wouldn't need the AN-300 Teac model - but it of course won't handle true 4-track tapes (e.g. made on a Teac 2340) Another standalone unit you could look out for is the Nakamichi NR-200 (Dolby B/C) -- Tom McCreadie Mike in #57: >I have a Revox A-77 mkII reel to reel deck, with no >dolby, and a bunch of reels recorded with Dolby B to >transfer. So i've checked out eBay, and have found the >Teac AN-60, AN-180 & AN-300 units for sale. My >question is, are these Dolby A or B? Just says Dolby >on the front of the units. I have read up a little on >the subject, and it seems that Dolby B was a single >band & Dolby A was four bands of boost/adjustment. >Would these machines work for what I need to do, which >is playback home recorded stereo 4-track reels with >Dolby B? ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** To unsubscribe from this digest, please send email to dat-heads-unsubscribe@datheads.phish.net If your email address has changed, you may (optionally) send the message to dat-heads-unsubscribe-oldaddress=olddomain@datheads.phish.net and the old address will be removed. Problems or questions about a subscription should be addressed via these avenues and then if needed to dat-heads-owner@datheads.phish.net or postmaster@datheads.phish.net never the list itself You can submit a message for inclusion in the next digest via this address: Internet: dat-heads@datheads.phish.net Archives of DAT-Heads digests and related files are available on the DAT-Heads home page: http://www.solorb.com/dat-heads/ End of DAT-Heads Digest ******************************