CaptBubba
Not dumb enough fora custom title...so he thought.
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I worte this post, but now I don't know where to put the dang thing. Normaly if this was the case I'd just wouldn't post, but I need some help on the bottom part.
Ok, this isn't important, just was both astonished and perplexed by a tape deck that I have been messing around with. First the astonishment.
I have been fooling around with a Kenwood KX-W4070 dual tape deck I have. Now, as far as I'm concerned, its a decent deck, with dobly NR B and C and HX. IT also has a headphone jack.
Now, I wasn't looking foward to monitoring though this jack, as I assumed it would be cruddy and my headphone amp is on the fritz. Boy, was I suprised. This thing is great! It even rivals my amp. Anyone else been thoughly suprised to find good stuff where you though inferrior equipment existed?
Now after a bit of messing around, I decide to go ahead and record a particular cd onto tape ( I am on a break, and didn't bother top bring my computer home from school, or else I would burn a copy). I set the bias, and record away.
The thing won't record correctly for the first five-seven mins of the tape. It doesn't give any sign of trouble, but when I play it back, the sound is warped, slowed down and speeded up randomly.
After seven mins though, the tape is fine. It's better than fine actualy, it's great. Now the wierd thing: If if FF to the other end of the tape, I don't have the problem. Its like one side of all the cassettes I've used is messed up. The tapes I'm using are kind of old (3-6years). Could the sitting cause them to bind, resulting in the funky speed changes?
I wish we had an equipment help forum or the like where people could ask for help in resolving problems such as this. Hell, we have a forum where people discuss the results of putting various materials under their cd players. Uh jude, back off, ummm, I don't see how wrapping your cables around my neck will help the sound...*gaaack*.
CaptBubba
Ok, this isn't important, just was both astonished and perplexed by a tape deck that I have been messing around with. First the astonishment.
I have been fooling around with a Kenwood KX-W4070 dual tape deck I have. Now, as far as I'm concerned, its a decent deck, with dobly NR B and C and HX. IT also has a headphone jack.
Now, I wasn't looking foward to monitoring though this jack, as I assumed it would be cruddy and my headphone amp is on the fritz. Boy, was I suprised. This thing is great! It even rivals my amp. Anyone else been thoughly suprised to find good stuff where you though inferrior equipment existed?
Now after a bit of messing around, I decide to go ahead and record a particular cd onto tape ( I am on a break, and didn't bother top bring my computer home from school, or else I would burn a copy). I set the bias, and record away.
The thing won't record correctly for the first five-seven mins of the tape. It doesn't give any sign of trouble, but when I play it back, the sound is warped, slowed down and speeded up randomly.
After seven mins though, the tape is fine. It's better than fine actualy, it's great. Now the wierd thing: If if FF to the other end of the tape, I don't have the problem. Its like one side of all the cassettes I've used is messed up. The tapes I'm using are kind of old (3-6years). Could the sitting cause them to bind, resulting in the funky speed changes?
I wish we had an equipment help forum or the like where people could ask for help in resolving problems such as this. Hell, we have a forum where people discuss the results of putting various materials under their cd players. Uh jude, back off, ummm, I don't see how wrapping your cables around my neck will help the sound...*gaaack*.
CaptBubba
