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66FOURDOOR wrote: WWW- let me elaborate on DB's alleged "twice" accusations... alignment tape, he returned for full refund SWTR video, he returned one, got another, and decided to keep it- but could have got a refund on that one too, if he wanted so much for "ripped of-TWICE" notice the "of" (sic) It's [sic], not (sic), Einstein. Clown College rears it's ugly head again. |
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On 27 Oct 2005 15:48:24 -0700, "WWW" wrote:
On the 8 track front. I recently found The Byrds' Farther Along cart, thus completing all of the Byrd's discography that matters. Not including any of the reunion or preflytey things. Turn, Turn, Turn and Untitled are two that I have had from when the format sold shoulder to shoulder with the LP. snip How does it sound? I got that cart as well, and it sounds like it was recorded through a garden hose...awful! Of course, with 8 tracks, about 50% of bad sounding carts are caused by wear and lack of maintenance, so it's anyone's guess as to how a "sealed" one would sound. Recently, I picked up a nice looking "banana yellow" Ampex Jethro Tull "Aqualung," only to find that it had been loaded with Scotch 153 tape...the dark oxide stuff that melts into a sticky goo if exposed to moisture for long periods of time. I got the pancake out and baked it, and it sounded quite good...until I came to the splice! Turns out, it was a factory defect...the splice occurs about 8 seconds AFTER the control tone for the slave deck! Thus, program 1 starts for a few seconds, then KACHANGs into program 2! Not to worry...I have the CD, but wow...talk about sloppy QC! dB |
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On 27 Oct 2005 18:14:23 -0700, "bicycle"
wrote: 66FOURDOOR wrote: WWW- let me elaborate on DB's alleged "twice" accusations... alignment tape, he returned for full refund snip True, but that doesn't evicerate the UNDERLYING CRIME OF FRAUD he perpetrates with these counterfeit tapes. SWTR video, he returned one, got another, and decided to keep it- but could have got a refund on that one too, if he wanted snip Outright LIE. I never got but one from him, and then I unloaded bad feedback on him for the lousy phony copy. His account was closed about a month later, after I started raising hell about Charlie Nudo in here and to Russ Forster. so much for "ripped of-TWICE" snip I was. notice the "of" (sic) snip As he says, it's [sic], moron. Now..can you tell me what [sic] means, without cheating? No, of course not. Your low educational level won't permit you ti know, and your low morals will tell you to cheat. Charlie Nudo..."Il Nudo del Fraudo" dB |
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Sounds okay for it's age. Better than the scratchy LP version I
have. I have yet to change the pad, so it can only get better. The Byrds at that time were sort of on the downward slide. Clarence White to the contrary. What exactly is the pancake? Aside from the flapjack I enjoy doused in maple syrup, of course. |
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Oh, as to sound. I am one of those folks with a not too discerning
ear. Most any of the formats played through a decent system sound the same to me. A clock radio surely sounds bad. Those little cassette tape decks sounded bad. The sloppy QC you speak of is a "charming" aspect of the 8 track, no? That, and the kachang. Oh, I found a nice clock radio/8 track unit the other day. All functions work. These units are very scarce here in Winnipeg, but there seem to be some on Ebay. I have another one that actually loads the cart when the wake up time is reached. It's clock is erratic. This new one, the cart just sits there. It almost seemed like it was spinning while it awaited the wake up time but that seems unlikely to have been the design. Man I hate figuring out these audio units. |
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the clock radio 8-tracks well fairly well on ebay due to rarity
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66FOURDOOR wrote: the clock radio 8-tracks well fairly well on ebay due to rarity "well fairly well"? Better contact that community college for a refund. |
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typo-"w" and "s" key right near each other...
you better go back to welfare troll school... |
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On 27 Oct 2005 21:45:36 -0700, "WWW" wrote:
What exactly is the pancake? Aside from the flapjack I enjoy doused in maple syrup, of course. snip "Pancake," in audio tape circles, refers to the packed spool of tape on any format, sans its reel. Most tape in use in studuio environments was bought in "pancake" format...no reel, just a hub wiht the tape packed on it in a flat cardboard box. The recording engineer (or, more usually, his gofer/head cleaner/janitor) would screw flanges from another reel onto the hub, load it onto a machine an "break it in," which means to FF to the "tail" of the tape, run an alignment tone "pad" consisting of usually three tones (100 Hz, 1 KHz and 10 KHz) at a given reference, and then rewind back to the "head" of the tape to start a session. The "pancake" in an 8 track cart, of course, would be the wound up spool of tape. One can easily remove a pancake from any reel simply by pulling enough tape out of the hub manually without winding the excess back onto the outside, and simply turning the reel table over onto a piece of cardboard or whatever. I baked my pancakes on a sheet of Pyrex plate in a scientific oven, as per usual practice. I can surely spot Scotch tape, especially the later "dark" oxides...they stink to high heavens, especially when hot! dB |
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On 28 Oct 2005 05:26:32 -0700, "bicycle"
wrote: 66FOURDOOR wrote: the clock radio 8-tracks well fairly well on ebay due to rarity "well fairly well"? Better contact that community college for a refund. snip Surely, you mean "clown college," correct? dB |
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