This message was written at 10:37p on 03-09-1998.
G'day Rick :)
 RM> If Cameron wasn't such a nice guy, he'd say "I told you so".  ;-)
 I don't know many people that well in this echo but hey, first time
for everything right? ;)
 RM> This sad state of affairs is nothing new. It's been that way for, oh,
 RM> half a decade, I'd say.
Makes you wonder doesn't it?
 RM>  FI> ..an AKAI (Stereo of course) with it's Intelligent HQ Circuitry
 RM>  FI> fitted. Does anyone know how reliable I-HQ is?
 RM> I've never heard of it, but I assume that it's merely an updated version
 RM> of the familiar "HQ" circuit. If so, I'd say that it's extremely
 RM> reliable, since it's merely a form of reduction noise, a chip. No
 RM> moving parts, so it will almost certainly outlive the transport
 RM> mechanism.
After yakking with a few people at the local audio/video store, they reckon 
it's a circuit where the deck reads the tape and optimizes the machine for 
the best performance for that tape. Sounds good to me :) Here's hoping I 
still don't have trouble with speeds..
Ta for the reply :)
Cheers,
Frank
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