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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
egoss
124 posts
 
Hi -

Yes, that is a logical assumption. To the best of my knowledge, no mass-produced cassettes used Dolby C. Dolby "C" and "HX-Pro" were found on many cassette decks, but never caught on in the prerecorded market. I also believe there was a Dolby "S" that came out just before the cassette's downfall began.

Ed
valinar
377 posts
 
It has been my experience that using Dolby B or C takes more than noise away. It also dulls the overall sound. If you listen at higher volumes the Dolby helps to remove the hiss. But you mentioned "quiet background music". If listening to lower volume levels it may sound better to turn the Dolby off.
chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
I agree, dolby off at low volumes, you be the judge at higher levels, B,C might take away fatigue.
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