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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
B - try switching from a "normal" bias tape to a "high" bias tape.
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This should be the easiest trick to significantly reduce tape hiss, at the very least trackdown some chrome tapes, I tried to find some of the next quality level tapes above regular chrome this past spring when my DAT was busted (TDK SAX, Maxell XL2S) without any luck...probably could've found some old stashes on Canal Street.
I never seemed to see much use for it but your system might not be well grounded and the tape heads need to be demagnetized. You can certainly buy that shit off the net if not locally.
I can't recommend Dolby too much, if you've ever used an equalizer you can hear how much of the good sound just gets chopped off.
If you have unlimited funds hunt down a used Nakamichi home deck. They will be like Hudson motor cars, there will always be someone to repair them.