Recent content by Lance Lawson

I was selected to Beta Test the new tape from ATR. My reel of ATR MDS-36 arrived this morning and I wasted no time getting it ready for testing. After unboxing the 10.5” metal reel I transferred half of it’s contents onto a 7” reel as I do not have the capacity to run 10.5” reels at this time...

I decided rather than trash my new reel of sticky Ampex 407 that I’d try the Nu Finish remedy. I did however spool the 407 on to one of my cheapo gray reels . The nice Ampex reel and box now houses RMGI LPR-35 but maybe that was a premature decision. Anyway I set the reels on my TEAC going...

At last I saw clear to run some tests on RMGI’s LPR-35. The recent threads concerning some issues with it did indeed prompt me to run this test. Now before I go into the test itself I will say that I have had an uneasy relationship with RMGI tape since my first purchases of it in 2009. But that...

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Late last winter I happened onto an immaculate SONY TC-670 cassette deck at our local second hand store. I paid all of $6.50 for the SONY! Since then I've kept my eyes open for other quality pieces and this weekend I secured a Technics RSM 258R. A little research showed that the deck sold for...

This weekend I set aside to calibrate my TEAC A-2300 SD give it a service and adjust a few issues that have been present since the machine was new. Specifically this was an imbalance in the playback EQ between left and right channels. The right channel has always had slightly more highs in the...

I've been looking to upgrade my Delta 66 which is very long in the tooth by now. Anybody using one of these? Digital Audio Labs CDX01

My general use computer is equipped with a Turtle Beach Montegeo DDL soundcard. I've always liked the offerings from Turtle Beach and the Montego DDL gives my M-Audio Delta 66 a run for its money soundwise. I just updated the drivers to the Montego DDL with the latest and made a curious...

I've been using my M-Audio Delta 66 for a good long time now and its serving me very well. But I realize that it is getting a little long in the tooth. Is there something new in the $300-$400 range that might be better? I was told not that long ago that soundcard technology prettymuch leveled...

A young woman from my Jam group come over this afternoon so I could record a couple of her songs for a new CD she's working on. The recordings were simply guitar and vocal done live. I decided that I'd record her into my TEAC rtr and SONAR 96/24 simultaneously as a blind test of which sounded...

After having acquired about 100 gigabites of my own recordings done on SONAR I decided to revisit tape. Its been a VERY sonically worthwhile exploration. Around the same time as I recommissioned my TEAC rtr I happened onto a SONY N-60 HiFi stereo VCR deck. The sound quality of the SONY is...

I purchased my TEAC A-2300 SD new in early 1979. It saw considerable service for about 5 years in a variety of venues, from home demo recordings of mine to live theater recordings and some live audio performances. I acquired a great many reels of late 70's early 80's tape and unfortunately many...