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RE: Received Tape Project tape- i totally disagree(respectfully)

one experience I had about 10 years ago was comparing Kind of Blue on a $25K vinyl front end(vpi tnt-graham-clearaudio insider-arc ref phono) to a stock $500 Revox B-77. On the table we had mint first pressings of the six eye mono and stereo and the classic 45 reissue. The tape was the 2 track pre-record, which only has 1/2 the album. It was NO comparison, the tape was far superior. The Columbia pre-records were duplicated at high speed. That leads me to believe that a 7.5 ips real time dub would be amazing. This would open up the market dramatically, along with NAB eq, which is the de facto consumer standard in the US, not the Frenchified IEC eq, which I do agree is slightly better than NAB. After all, aren't tape project tapes intended for consumers? Sorry if I am ranting, it is just something I feel strongly about. I play mostly 15 ips 2 track tapes, but don't have any problems with 7 1/2 ips 1/4 or 1/2 track tapes. It is all about being inclusive. Remember the old e.d. nunn audiophile records. He considered his 78 microgroove vinyl editions to be grade a and the 33 microgroove LPs to be Grade B. Why not offer the consumer a choice. Charge the same. Again, sorry for the rant. Had to get it off my chest :-)

Rich


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