Re: TDK "Studio Master" cassettes?


William Sommerwerck wrote:
> > A friend of mine told me it was the same tape, but from the middle
> > of the spool, or something like that. Personally, I bought a few
> > and on my machine they sounded worse. Can't explain that.
>
> If it were from the middle of the spool, it wouldn't say much about TDK's
> quality control. This is just "urban legend" bilge.
>
> It "sounds worse" because your deck's bias and record EQ are not set
> correctly for it.

Interesting, but why would it sound any different if everything was the
same but the shell? Wouldn't the bias/EQ be identical for both tapes?
Or not...?

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