Hi everyone,
I have a cassette master recorded with Dolby B NR and I will be converting it to flac (24/96 and then 16/44.1). Do I want turn my Dolby B on on my tape deck when I transfer it or should I rather leave it off? I've heard both, but I'm hoping someone has a difinitive answer.
Thanks for any help!
I think MOkes idea is about right, whatever SOUNDS best to your ears. Try it both ways, see what you prefer. That said, IF you knew the types of Dolby circuits in the master deck and then in your current playback deck AND they are similar ( i.e, both Sony, one Sony and now a Denon. IF you have a tape mastered on A SonyTCD5M and are now playing back from a NAK deck, then I would not use dolby as the NAK dolby circuits differ substantially from the Sony's.
For my transfers I always use Dolby if it was used on the master.
What MIke said about dialing in Azimuth is also very important (some say more important)
In case this isn't common knowledge anymore: Dolby used to license the USE of Dolby circuitries by other manufacturers, but didn't sell Dolby modules to all of them. Therefore many designs, while compliant to the license still differed greatly in type of capacitors/resistors, signal chain choice etc.
oops, just re read your post- sorry nothing definitive about analog I guess