> these differences are small enough to be insignificant.  Thus, the
  > purist will buy a HUGE batch of tape, hopefully from the same production
  > run and take his/her machine to a reputable shop and have it optimised
I am probably a purist which is why I just bought a new tape deck.  :)
its capable of calibrating itself to the new tape as you described.
Also, in addition to Dolby B, C, it also has Dolby S-  now how is THAT
different from the prior NR levels?
CH> It does more than that.  It changes record bias, record EQ and playback
  > EQ.
What exactly is EQ ?
CH> What do you mean by "flatter"?  In a perfect cassette deck (which
Well... Just lower your treble.  It's as though the music is trying to
go through a huge load of debris.
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