[Vintage-Audio] 2Track Vs 4 Track

[wolfbob]

Somethings wrong here:
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Clarson" <mclarson at rcc.com>
To: "'Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back'"
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 3:58 PM
Subject: RE: [Vintage-Audio] 2Track Vs 4 Track


> Many assume "advantages" are sonic. Many are not.
>
> Simpler mechanics

Where??? same everything mechanical

>
> Sells more tape

Very true..also requires rewinding before play (should be stored tails out)

>
> Tapes play on 4 track machines (Anyone have numbers on how S/N was
affected
> here?)

By about 4-5 dB

>
> Head alignment less critical

True but not really. You should have about the same criticality to get the
best out of the deck.

>
> Heads last longer

No...exactly the same.

>
> Were available cheap when rest of the world went 4 track

Not really as those early 2 track decks weren't worth much copmpared to the
"professional" ones to come later and even today.
WBob


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