[QuadList] 2" QUAD & DOLBY A QUERY

[Steve Greene]

My old RCA TR-600 had no azimuth adjustments. I think you need to be able
to trim the heads to make sure you're tracking almost perfectly to
reproduce Dolby A correctly.

Not sure if the Ampex beasts had azimuth adjustment.

Steve Greene
Audiovisual Archivist
Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
National Archives and Records Administration
(301) 837-1772

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 2:27 PM, C. Park Seward via QuadList <
quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:26:42 -0700
> Subject: Re: [QuadList] 2" QUAD & DOLBY A QUERY
> Hi Richard,
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> Dolby A was introduced in 1965 so it would be possible. I think Dolby was
> used successfully on Type “C” but not on Quad, although you may find some
> Quad material.
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> *From: *"Steele, Richard (HBO)" <Richard.Steele at hbo.com>
> *Subject: **2" QUAD & DOLBY A QUERY*
> *Date: *June 26, 2015 at 11:14:39 AM PDT
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> Hello Quad group,
> I have one question: at any time, was Dolby A noise reduction used on 2”
> Quad broadcast masters?  My guess, is the implementation of Dolby noise
> reduction only followed the decline or demise of 2” Quad as a broadcast
> medium.
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> Any thoughts?
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> Thanks.
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