[peel] Hullo All - Could i ask for a show (re)upload please

[Stuart Brooks]

I suppose simply put, the angle of the head relative to the tape is what you are adjusting.  High frequencies drop off markedly if the playback head azimuth does not exactly match the record head azimuth, an issue for three head decks, and playback on another machine. So while in an ideal world all azimuth/head angle on decks should be the same, manufacturing tolerances and changes with use are enough to move playback quality away from the sweet spot.

On 24 February 2015 14:03:40 GMT+00:00, "MARK LUETCHFORD M.Luetchford@... [peel]" <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>That's the simplest explanation I have yet seen - now can someone
>explain why a word that comes from Arabic al-sumūt, meaning "the
>directions" and is an angular measurement in a spherical coordinate
>system [copied from internet!) means you get a screwdriver out to
>change the quality of teh sound on a cassette!
>
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>To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 13:56
>Subject: Re: [peel] Hullo All - Could i ask for a show (re)upload
>please
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>It’s quite easy, just remove cassette door, play a tape, twiddle the
>little 
>screw to the left of the playback head with a little silver cross-head 
>screwdriver until it sounds clearest, then put the door back on. If
>you’re lucky 
>there might even be a little hole so you don’t need to take off the
>door. Should 
>then be OK for all the tapes. You’ll know if it needs doing if the
>sound is 
>woolly/muffled/squishy in the treble.
> 
>Then again it might already be set up OK!
> 
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>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:41 PM
>To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
>Subject: RE: [peel] Hullo All - Could i ask for a show (re)upload 
>please
> 
>  
>Ah – brilliant 
>- Thank you very much
>Not ever 
>tinkered with the azimuth – sounds a bit more involved than I was
>hoping for – 
>still I guess if these things need doing, they need to be done well J
>dom
>From:peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com] 
>Sent: 24 February 2015 11:52
>To: peel@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [peel] Hullo All - Could i ask for a 
>show (re)upload please
>  
>That's the two shows uploading now, and the links have been updated on
>the 
>wiki. I would give it an hour or two to complete, the net seems slow
>today. 
>
>Good news about the tapes! If you do use a USB cassette to rip you
>might 
>need to adjust the playback azimuth to match the recording deck for
>best 
>sound.
>
>Stuart
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