Another curious problem for the tape experts.
Found a copy of this tape and finally managed to get it in playing order. The material isn't bad but the mix isn't as exciting as most columbias...lots of cross channel bleed of vocals, drums, etc. There is some separation but it's not terribly discrete. The SQ LP must be a total disaster...
The strangest thing I noticed is the difference in fidelity between programs 1 and 2. Program 1 sounds decent enough (for a Q8) but program 2 is unlistenable. It sounds totally muffled. No highs whatsoever and everything sounds buried. Will post samples when I finish copying the tape but if I could equate it to something it sounds like someone listening to a 128k MP3 file with their hand over an iPhone speaker, except somehow worse.
Is this a common issue with this tape (bad duplicator or master)? I noticed there is no poll for this title so came here.
Found a copy of this tape and finally managed to get it in playing order. The material isn't bad but the mix isn't as exciting as most columbias...lots of cross channel bleed of vocals, drums, etc. There is some separation but it's not terribly discrete. The SQ LP must be a total disaster...
The strangest thing I noticed is the difference in fidelity between programs 1 and 2. Program 1 sounds decent enough (for a Q8) but program 2 is unlistenable. It sounds totally muffled. No highs whatsoever and everything sounds buried. Will post samples when I finish copying the tape but if I could equate it to something it sounds like someone listening to a 128k MP3 file with their hand over an iPhone speaker, except somehow worse.
Is this a common issue with this tape (bad duplicator or master)? I noticed there is no poll for this title so came here.