I loved my original tape sets- they had a muddy quality that i found
somehow comforting. I have come to realize that this was in part because
of the giant ampeg tube amp I was playing them through and because they
had lost some high end because they were worn out. The new tapes, through
a nice tube pre and with the high end knocked off a bit sound at least as
good and they aren't all "jack in the boxed". I often wondered why I could
never get that "Court of the Crimson King" bite- but with the new MKII 3
violins it is there.
>
> In a message dated 04/03/2009 05:58:04 GMT Standard Time,
> pocotron@yahoo.com
> writes:
>
> The tape set that came with my 'tron is marked "BBS" on each key, and is
> really worn, so it its quite possibly an original set.
>
>
> If the 'BBS' marking is in bold felt tip squashed capitals then they are
> probably London produced tapes which were always out of azimuth! You can
> check
> this for certain as they have a drop out zone between tracks whereas
> Streetly
> tapes blended at a constant volume, as do ours now. The wrong azimuth
> gave
> them a nasal quality that some love.
>
> Best,
>
> M
>
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