Lou wrote:
Hi Mike,

I was speaking of Nak to Nak, but I was unaware of this, thanks for the
info.

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Best Regards,

Lou
"---MIKE---" wrote in message
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If you are comparing a Nak with a Sony, tapes made on a Nak would only
sound good on a Nak. They used a different equalization curve than any
other company. The results on a Nak to Nak were superb but not on a
different deck.

-MIKE


AIUI it's not because of differernt EQ curves, but because of of
different playback head designs. E.g. from
http://www.sonicsense.com/nakfaq42.h...2.htm#naknonnk

Q: Do Nakamichi tapes not sound good on Non-Nak decks?

A: The degree to which this may bother a listener will vary. Nakamichi tapes are
certainly listenable on other machines but to fully appreciate the capability of a
Nakamichi deck the tape should be played on one. Since the gaps on both the record and
playback head is much narrower on a Nakamichi deck, the signal is recorded on a much
smaller portion of the tape. The result is clearer detail, definition, and reduced
crosstalk. However, other machines heads are not designed to read information in such a
small area. As a result high-end and overall sound quality is reduced. Of course when
this tape is placed in another Nak, all the sound is there and far surpasses what other
machines could reproduce from the beginning. Almost important--all must realize that
subtle differences in azimuth between any two decks can create as great (if not greater)
of a difference in sound quality between machines as the difference between Nak and
non-Nak decks.

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-S.