Topic: 1st time transferring Analog to Digital

[Albix714]

Not to beat a dead horse but...

What I think happened was the taper set the levels too high for Set I and realized it and then brought the levels down for Set II (which sounds great).

So I think I'll adjust for the difference between Set I & Set II.

[greenone]

One more word: "Nakamichi"

That does make a huge difference.  Try to get a Nak deck with pitch adjust and bias adjustment.

Just to clarify here...Naks really work best for playback if the original tape was made on a Nak. If you have the deck (or the same model) that the recording was made on originally, that would be best, but in the absence of the original deck, yeah, a Nak won't do you wrong.

[Gordon]

I will be doing this for the first time as well in a few days.  I do not and probablly can not get a nak.  I have a kenwood deck that was barely used before I put it away.  nothing great but not too bad.  I plan on going cass > v3 > audiophile 24/96 (via coax) > wavelab.  should I be worried about pitch issues etc?  didn't know about (or really understand) azimuth adjustment etc.

[Albix714]

Gordon, here are some tips I found on azimuth adjustment: http://www.phish.net/faq/azimuth.html