Years ago, Jay McKnight made a 400 hz tone cassette for me. It's come in
handy many times.
Steve Smolian
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From: "Don Cox" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 4:33 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Can 78s sound better than LPs?
> On 25/08/06, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 8/25/2006 5:37:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>> Michael Shoshani
>> Chicago
>> Who inherently distrusts cassettes at all since working in a studio
>> with three
>> different cassette decks, NONE of which ran at the exact same speed as
>> the other two...
>>
>>
>>
>> Years ago, on a new cassette recorder, I recorded the time signals
>> from WWV (short wave). Since then I have used that cassette to test
>> the speed of other machines. If close, you hear beat frequencies.
>> Usually, however, they are WAY off!
>
> There can be a difference of 5% between speeds of cassette decks.
>
> I made up a cassette with a measured length of tape to set the speed on
> my recorder (now long since dead).
>
> Regards
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> Don Cox
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