I that the deck that physically opens the door and flips the tape? Roommate had one way back in the 80's. It was sweet.
I am only estimating that the master tapes were not recorded well-I could be wrong. But to my ears, that album always sounded muddy and very flat with no dynamics at all. Even the recent cd remaster, although somewhat better, is still not that good. It is a shame because this is an exciting dynamic album and it should have slam and great depth, but it doesn't.Did not know that.
Winds of Change, Be My Lady, Can't find Love and Black Widow always sounded OK to me.
Wrecked a MCS receiver on Black Widow back in the 80's and did think that I Will Stay and Jaws of the Dragon did always seem a bit muddy though.
Dug it up to give a re-listen today what I might have been missing.
That does suck when the masters are bad. You'll never get it back if those are bad and your name as a recording engineer is probably mud too.
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Right. We can go over the process again, once I figure out how to fit into a conversation box.
He does??
Yea that was it. One bad boy and great for party night.The NAK RX series, The whole transport flips. Check it out
He should make the "Sugar Mountain" Express! Probably would be a big seller.Neil and his investment group bought Lionel Trains in 1995.
I'm selling the stereo and getting this:
Wow! It moves incredibly fast.The NAK RX series, The whole transport flips. Check it out
I'm listening to it now and sounds ok by my old ears. Maybe it's the Pickering but the highs are there. Slick and Balin's vocals are clear and up front. I do recall the tape back in the day lacked sizzle.I am only estimating that the master tapes were not recorded well-I could be wrong. But to my ears, that album always sounded muddy and very flat with no dynamics at all. Even the recent cd remaster, although somewhat better, is still not that good. It is a shame because this is an exciting dynamic album and it should have slam and great depth, but it doesn't.
Wow! It move incredibly fast.
Excellent. I was the Navy version of you, Lol!Yea that was it. One bad boy and great for party night.
4 901's hung in the corners, a TEAC R2R and a monster Nitto amp I've never seen the likes of again.
Okinawa PX purchases.
Needed it all to drown out the sound of B-52 touch and go's at the end of Mather AFB in Sac.
My roommate, who's deck it was, would get pissed if you hit the auto-reverse and flipped the head instead of the tape.Wow! It move incredibly fast.
Yea that was it. One bad boy and great for party night.
4 901's hung in the corners, a TEAC R2R and a monster Nitto amp I've never seen the likes of again.
Okinawa PX purchases.
Needed it all to drown out the sound of B-52 touch and go's at the end of Mather AFB in Sac.
Yep. Great party's back then. It was my 1st exposure to real "Hi-Fi" other than a few of the old timers my Father worked with in the 70's who were mysterious and always had really good sound when we'd go over for Pinochle night.When we have guests, And it reverses, They run over to it. How, How. Funny as hell
My roommate, who's deck it was, would get pissed if you hit the auto-reverse and flipped the head instead of the tape.
"Alignment reasons" he said.
On LP, look for an original US Artisan pressing. Really nice sound. The Virgin CD is also good. Best digital is the Japanese SACD from the original UK master tapes. Here's what the Artisan symbol looks like.
Yep. Great party's back then. It was my 1st exposure to real "Hi-Fi" other than a few of the old timers my Father worked with in the 70's who were mysterious and always had really good sound when we'd go over for Pinochle night.
I believe it. You should hear all the sound my brain is constanty filling in. Tinnitus is the pits.Here’s something to consider. It’s well known that Beethoven lost his hearing entirely and continued to compose music afterwards, but his hearing deteriorated over a period of years, not months.
He apparently discovered how deaf he was becoming when he saw birds being frightened by the sound of the bells of Stefansdom, Vienna and couldn’t hear the bells himself.
I wonder how much his mind had been filling in up to the point of that realization, if that tale is actually true.
It seems to me that the brain is the true organ of hearing and can fill in a huge amount of information before noticeable deterioration in sound quality occurs. Everything between the source and the brain contributes, of course, to the perceived sound. Seems like an interesting subject to me, but also a can of worms, so I’m not going to start a new thread on the subject.