Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hound.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hound!rfg 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 Article-I.D.: hound.586 Posted: Tue Aug 21 13:53:23 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 01:49:50 EDT References: <1739@tekig1.UUCP>, <4011@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 21 [] 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.