jaf@houxj.UUCP (01/19/84)
I am looking for advice on the purchase of a new tape deck. I currently own a NAD 6040 dolby B (hx) cassette deck. My motivation for buying a new deck is three fold: 1) The NAD has been plagued with intermittent problems. Occasionally the right channel will drop out when recording, which I fix by rerecording those cuts of the album (not a practical solution when recording live music). Also, sometimes the right channel looses its high frequency response during play back. Since it doesn't do this consistantly, I have not been able to repair it. 2) I would like to get a dolby C deck. I have tried dolby C tapes with my dolby B car sterio and found it tolerable. Thus dolby C seems to be a good comprimise between DBX and compatibility with my other tape equipment. 3) I am a guitarist and would like to be able to build up tapes of at least two tracks. I believe most dubbing decks allow you to mix in a mike when recording from one drive to the other. I have looked around and found that in my price range (less than $400) none of TEACs simulsnyc decks (such as the 124) have anything other than Dolby B. Also I have yet to see any dubbing deck with dolby C (or DBX for that matter). Thus given a strong desire for a low noise high quality tape deck I am left with the low end Nac which wont satisfy my desire to build up tapes one channel at a time. Any suggestions would be appretiated, Thanks, (please forgive my spelling in the above article) Jon Fields Bell Labs Holmdel, NJ 07733 201-949-0054