Can proper azimuth adjustment have an affect on the hiss levels? I'm assuming yes, if it is the high end frequencies that determine proper alignment.
exactly.
Now what about the output level knob. Do I turn it up to ten or dial back and use the 722 to increase the gain? Turning it up to ten seems to greatly increase the hiss levels. Any thoughts?
tony, have you sent your v3 in to grace to have the analog out polarity fixed? if yes, and i were you, i'd be running:
deck > v3 (analog out) > 722, and increasing the levels with the v3, which is your most transparent pre in your arsenal.
imo, you want the most transparent gear you can get when doing the transfers so you get the most out of the original recording.
as far as where to place the output levels with the nak deck, i dunno. you want to shoot for the "unity" level which is where youy are getting the best signal from it with the least amount of noise floor introduced. hopefully moke, charlie miller, albix, kyle, etc. can chime in with regards on where to set the nak output knob.
Yep, looks like I got the tools, just need to learn how to use 'em
Man, the taping part is easy, this transfering shit is nuts.
Paging Charlie Miller.....
edit update: my Nak deck is dead
. powers up but won't do anything else. oh well, back to the D5. D5 has an azimuth adjust to, right moke?