Tape Trail

Tape Volumes

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BIOMAN

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I posted a while back that I had bought a Pioneer 707. Since then I have bought around a dozen vintage tapes. I notice that 80% of them are at a good listening volume when my pre is at the 10 o'clock position. This holds true also for LPs and CDs indicating a signal size in the same ballpark for the differing formats. However, a few tapes require a preamp setting of around 3 o'clock. Would this indicate age-related wear issues or simply how some tapes were made? My only real complaint is that with these few tapes, tape hiss is quite audible. Any thoughts?

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It's the same for CDs, the higher the dynamic range the lower the volume and vise versa.. nt - geoffkait 05:13:31 12/27/20 (0)
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RE: Tape Volumes - Victor Khomenko 05:48:29 04/29/20 (4)
No age-related issue, someone simply recorded at too low a level. Happens all the time. Nothing you can do about it. Were these the commercial recordings, or home made ones? I guess the latter.
- RE: Tape Volumes - BIOMAN 07:31:50 04/29/20 (3)
  Actually, two different commercial pre-recorded. Angel was one label, I can't recall the other. I was puzzled because they were not homemade.
  
  Edits: 04/29/20
  - RE: Tape Volumes - bluesjab 16:08:28 09/07/20 (0)
    They still could be homemade; someone may have recorded over the commercial pre-recorded tape(s). I have a Rolling Stones Aftermath tape that someone recorded an LP to it. It sounds great, but the Volume Level is also too low.
  - RE: Tape Volumes - Victor Khomenko 07:57:10 04/29/20 (0)
    They possibly used low grade tape, with very narrow dynamic range.
  - RE: Tape Volumes - BIOMAN 07:34:35 04/29/20 (0)
    P.S., perhaps not so puzzling in some regards as I have records and LP's that all need different preamp settings to one degree or another for comfortable listening. This just seemed extreme.

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