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Cassette Tapes..Dolby B or C?

I still have a tape deck in my system, and have a few tapes that are nice for quiet background music. The tape deck has a switch to select Dolby B or Dolby C (or none). There seems to be no marking on prerecorded tapes to indicate the type of Dolby processing. On a tape I was just playing B sounds about right. Should I assume that all prerecorded tapes are B unless otherwise stated?
eldartford
tvad
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I own a Yamaha cassette deck with Dolby B&C, which I purchased in the mid eighties. It's a mid-fi deck...certainly not high end, but also a step above consumer (I think...).

I used primarily TDK SA tape, with an occasional Maxell thrown in.

Talk about making digital sound like analog! Good Dolby C cassette recordings of CDs still sound wonderful, in my opinion.
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quadophile
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All this talk about, TDK, Nakamichi, Dolby has brought back fond memories, I think I am going to service my Nakamichi this weekend :-)
tvad
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I've looked at the Nakamichi Dragon's listed for sale as if they were puppies in a pet store window, until I've been brought back to earth by reading of the service/reliability issues with this particular cassette deck. But, they sure look nice!
cwlondon
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Tvad

It rounds the CDs and softens the high frequency fatigue?

And throws in the tiniest amount of tape hiss - enough to get sentimetal about analogue?
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quadophile
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Tvad,

In my opinion the best ones were CR7A and 1000, the Dragon was a top deck but tempermental.
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