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I can’t tell from the website if it’s dynamic or condenser. For 200 bucks I’d definitely grab one and check it out.

The l20 is buggy as hell. Always has quirks. Otherwise solid.

A cassette deck that is fully up to spec running at 3.75 ips and noise reduction *can sound really good - good enough to make something you’d release if you did everything else right. I’ve also never come across a tape deck in recent years that was anywhere near spec unless I sent it to an...

I’ve always thought the rear lobes were also reversed in MS Blumlein. I’m going to have to look at that again, maybe experiment and see for myself. I appreciate the discussion. Always trying to learn.

The resultant directions are all derived from sum and difference same as any other mid pattern. If these problems exist with a fig 8 mid, why don’t they exist with a cardioid?

I’m genuinely curious here. When you’re talking about pattern change with ratio of mid side which changes with frequency, I need some more detail.

At equal m/s gain, a cardioid mid still has a rear lobe. You’re right though that they become cardioid depending on gain. Re Blumlein MS, it’s definitely not rotated. Traditional MS your capsules are 45° relative to the source. In Blumlein MS, you have the mid directly on axis just like any...

Also, you don’t have to use a cardioid for the mid mic. You can use omni or another figure 8. A cardioid mid decodes to a stereo pair of hyper cardioids. Omni decodes to two cardioids at 180° from each other (but the directionality can change with the amount of side mic used), and a fig 8 mid...

It is. Just take off the feet and bottom panel and you can get to the trim pots. Not convenient. I've just decided to leave the bottom panel off and put the feet back on. If I want to calibrate I just tip it over.

On separation and depth - my $.02: I personally believe tape has the perception of making mixing easier or better sounding because of how it compresses similar to the fletcher-munson curve. The tonal balance printed on tape changes with the dynamics of the music, somewhat similar to the way...

I'm amazed sometimes how good some old 4-track cassette recordings I made sound today. Especially when I dump them in to my daw and remix them with 20 more years of experience lol. A band mate of mine in the 80's bought a 238 and I distinctly remember the recordings being hissy and kind of...

Which Kef's? I had Coda 7's and I currently have Q300's. Love them.

I didn't mean to get snarky. I read your responses differently than you might have intended, but you kind of shifted the question a little too. Binaural should produce Z-axis if it's done well. Again, the Streicher book goes in to that and worth a read. Within a two-loudspeaker setup, no I...

Skeptical of what? This is not theoretical, nor an argument. Take a microphone and run it in to a mixer or something and put on headphones to listen. Have someone play an instrument. Go back and forth between the source and the other side of the room. Really listen to the balance between...

It goes beyond volume. We can perceive distance cues by reverb. When something is up front in the image there will be more direct sound and less indirect. Something far away will have less direct sound and more indirect. The brain hears these cues (whether real or artificially added) and...

I like the room sounds/reverbs and seems EQ'd well. For my taste though, dynamics are way too smashed and there's some weird phase issues - mostly with the bass like MM mentioned. Sounds like you used a stereo widener and went too far with it.

That I need to hear it first. Could be anything from musical issues with the arrangement or EQ or distortion creeping in somewhere or overuse of compression etc.

Is this music you have recorded or other's? I'm going to suggest that the mud might be entering from the tracking stage. Much harder to remove if it's from mic choice/placement/room issues/etc. If you're recording it, tell us about that process. Room, mics, etc. Beyond that, what's your...

Not a weak spot. Nagra intentionally put a pre-emphasis circuit in to reduce distortion compared to other tape decks available at the time. It was the leading edge of technology and they sound wonderful. But if you are trying to add analog tape distortion that people like the op are trying...

I'd say that's an accurate description. I wondered about finding a tech to disable the pre-emphasis circuit. I'll bet it would be incredible sounding if I did. I ended up just selling it a month or two ago.