Hi Ed,
Best recording I’ve ever heard, true. Yes, I’ve heard a lot of recordings limited by the weakest link., and for this tape of yours there were no weak links in our playback chain. It took listening to the tape 1.5 times to find the best heads, bias and general settings, none of which are what you would expect ,and then we listened to it a final time and it was without question the best sound we’ve heard from a playback system in our entire life. My friend and head QC guy, Dave, is the other part of the “we”.
A fair amount of credit to the success has to go to the two guys on the tape, both simply kicked ass.
What pushed your recording over the top was the dynamics and compete lack of distortion during peaks coupled with the other usual things that come with such a fine signal path.
Thanks for doing what you do and doing it so well.
Steve Deckert,
Decware/High Fidelity Engineering Co.
East Peoria IL 61611, USA