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From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: DAK Industries has been around a while
Message-ID: <586@hound.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 13:53:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 21 13:53:23 1984
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You guys are right-on about Memorex. I have used TDK and
Maxell UDXL extensively for years and I have never had a bad cassette
with Maxell, either physically or electrically (magnetically?). I
use it for all my master recordings and then use TDK for the dupes.
Now I admit I am willing to compromise somewhere short of the ultimate
on true golden-ear quality. I am, after all, not a golden ear but a
Sn-ear. Now, if you are looking for really bad tape, try Radio-Shuck
or Memorex. I used to use Memorex for the dupes and even masters because
the recording quality was very good, but I had to stop using it when
the oxide became unstable with lots of flaking and drop-outs, big
drop outs. I believe Memorex went to Hell about 5 or 6 years ago.
I used to make extensive meausurements of frequency response,
distortion and s/n, but it has been a long time since I did that.
Memorex was, according to my measurements, not only good on response,
but had an extraordinary ability to carry strong signals with
minimum distortion.    Dick Grantges  hound!rfg
p.s.(world): I think DAK stinks. I bought their ink jet printer but
they can't supply the ink they promised or the connecting cable for
the PC.