RM> re: AKAI Intelligent HQ Circuitry
 FI> After yakking with a few people at the local audio/video store, th
 FI> reckon it's a circuit where the deck reads the tape and optimizes 
 FI> machine for the best performance for that tape.
RM> Wow. Similar to what many cassette decks do with bias/EQ optimization.
RM> It really makes a difference with them, so I'm surprised that someone
RM> hasn't built a VCR with such a system before.  Then again maybe there
RM> HAVE been such machines available, and I'm not aware of them.
I've got a two year old Sony Hi-Fi that does this.  My previous Sony made 
terrible 
tapes so this may have been their way of making up for it.
Dennis Jenkins
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