A staggered-head configuration must make for interesting print through
problems.
Hmmm... removing healthy print-through digitally must be interesting
even on a straight stacked configuration tape considering the time lapse
difference between the outer and inner winds (shorter inside, longer
outside).
Malcolm
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On 11/16/2012 1:30 AM, Tom Fine wrote:
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>
> By the way, question for the old-timers -- did anyone except Magnecord
> make staggered-head "binaural" recorders? In the very early days,
> basically until the day Ampex entered the consumer player market,
> duplicators offered both "stacked" and "staggered" versions of their
> "binaural" tapes. I have "staggered" versions of Livingston and
> ConcerTapes titles. I don't think the major labels ever offered
> staggered-head tapes, but I do notice that almost all first-generation
> 2-tracks from RCA, Columbia, Capitol and Mercury have text indicating
> they are for "stacked" or "in-line" heads, so there must have been
> some confusion in the market.
>
> -- Tom Fine
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