On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:12:48 -0700, still_trackin
wrote:

Yeah it must be a good one.snip

No, it's because your heads are properly aligned. The head alignment
procedure for Akais is more complex than Charlie Nudo can handle, and
he uses phony "alignment tapes" he runs off on his misaligned home
machines to sell on fleaBay to misalign all the machines he
has...another very important reason not to buy anything regarding
audio from Charlie Nudo.

I haven't tried listening with headphones,
but I really don't hear anything in between tracks during normal
playback at 55db-65db. snip

Considering that the format, at best, has a S/N ratio of maybe 42 dB
(a bit more using high sensitivity/output tape that came later, but
still less than a good quality LP) much of the "crosstalk" that exists
on 8 track is covered up by noise, except in the bass region. Home
formats are well known to have crosstalk issues, which is why they're
home formats and never used in a studio. There's simply not enough
guard band width on 4 track or 8 track on ¼" tape to keep the
crosstalk components under the tape noise floor completely.