3340s What Type to Use?

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I have a TEAC 3340s that really needs to be calibrated electronically and is also in dire need of some fresh tape for me to do some of the calibrations with. Channel 1 is lacking a lot of high frequencies partially because of the heads getting dirty more often and the electronics for that channel being off.

Right now all that I have is alot of mixed up 7 inch reels from Scotch, Realistic, etc. most of them sticky and there is A LOT more hiss that I would like. I feel like getting it set up with one type of tape would help quite a bit. I am using DBX with it. Maybe that should be calibrated too?

Would RMGI SM911 work or should i get the +3 tape LPR35? Has anybody biased a 3340 for +6 tape?

On a side note.. I was wondering what the differences between the 3340, 3340S and A-3340S are? Just curious.
 
samth3mancgp said:
I have a TEAC 3340s that really needs to be calibrated electronically and is also in dire need of some fresh tape for me to do some of the calibrations with. Channel 1 is lacking a lot of high frequencies partially because of the heads getting dirty more often and the electronics for that channel being off.

Right now all that I have is alot of mixed up 7 inch reels from Scotch, Realistic, etc. most of them sticky and there is A LOT more hiss that I would like. I feel like getting it set up with one type of tape would help quite a bit. I am using DBX with it. Maybe that should be calibrated too?

Would RMGI SM911 work or should i get the +3 tape LPR35? Has anybody biased a 3340 for +6 tape?

On a side note.. I was wondering what the differences between the 3340, 3340S and A-3340S are? Just curious.
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It's possible that your heads are worn to the point that their performance is suffering. When the 3340 came out, Ampex 406 & 3M 206 were the hottest tapes around. (At +3, if I recall correctly.) When 456 hit the street they found that it could be used (I'm assuming that RMGI SM911 is in that ball park) without any problems provided that it wasn't run @ +6. They tried it @ TEAC and burned out the erase head in a very short period of time.
 
I'm using SM911 on my A-3340S and it has worked just fine.

Cheers,

Otto
 
It said on US recording Media that LPR35 was a +3. I was just going off of what was there. It seems like SM911 would work alright. does a Higher bias mean less hiss? I know that the 911 I use with the 80-8 sounds alot better with less hiss as well.
 
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