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by **Prowl240z** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:30 pm

I was just looking at my old Slamdance combiner/cassettibot
and i was just wondering why ALL cassetticons i've seen says "Metal Position" sorry I am 23 I didn't have alot of experaince with tapes and stuff in the early 80's, I rember my dads massive sony stero had like 3 positions for something to do with tapes but it all eludes me... anyone care to enlighten me?

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:38 pm

I think metal was a type of tape they used for recording
on a tape cassette. I think it was supposed to give better clarity but cds were becoming popular.
I could be completely wrong though.

by **wmpyr** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:08 pm

yeah the metal tapes were suppose to be of better quality, little more expensive..

News Credits: 2 · by **Kronos** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:10 pm

Metal tapes, IIRC, were tapes that used a type of chromium in the magnetic particles. Maxell had the CrO2 (chromium dioxide, if my high school chemistry memory hasn't failed me) type that provided a greater frequency response for recording. These tapes accentuated the higher end of the frequency range (called Treble), and because of this, they had a history of being light on bass and a bit hissy. So, the proper way to record/listen to playback of metal tapes, you had the metal position, which was kind of like Dolby noise reduction...it basically dropped off a lot of the higher frequencies off the recording/playback so that the hiss went away.

This is all from personal experience. When I was around 12, I got into recording tapes and playing them in my walkman. I kind of became a bit of a poor man's audiophile, and was obsessed with finding ways of getting a good sound from tapes. I would even make my own extra long tape by splicing them together. I'd end up with around 2 hours of playback on one tape.

by **Prowl240z** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:00 am

Kronos wrote:Metal tapes, IIRC, were tapes that used a type of chromium in the magnetic particles. Maxell had the CrO2 (chromium dioxide, if my high school chemistry memory hasn't failed me) type that provided a greater frequency response for recording. These tapes accentuated the higher end of the frequency range (called Treble), and because of this, they had a history of being light on bass and a bit hissy. So, the proper way to record/listen to playback of metal tapes, you had the metal position, which was kind of like Dolby noise reduction...it basically dropped off a lot of the higher frequencies off the recording/playback so that the hiss went away.

This is all from personal experience. When I was around 12, I got into recording tapes and playing them in my walkman. I kind of became a bit of a poor man's audiophile, and was obsessed with finding ways of getting a good sound from tapes. I would even make my own extra long tape by splicing them together. I'd end up with around 2 hours of playback on one tape.

Awesome, so megatron was taking over the world with bette audio quality!! woot~!!

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:30 am

Hey Transformers has always had the best, cutting edge technology...we can't have that awful hiss coming across on our recon missions now can we? :lol:

I have so many cassetticons. I love the little buggers. :grin:

Good eye, and a nice reflection on the past. Thanks guys.

Like Exulted Unicron on Facebook · by **Exulted Unicron** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:10 am

i have a few cassette transformers, I really do think they made the line better and their modes worked perfectly with their functions...but thats quite funny....soudnwave and blaster getting one over on each other by eliminating the hiss