Each tape machine that is used has a slightly differnt sound, mostly its imperceptible but sometimes there is a noticable quality of hiss and jingle that varies with the machine, generally the better made the machine, the less the hiss but there is a tonal quality that cheaper machnes can have that is quite nice, so I use all kinds of tape machine from high end nakamichi to cheap philips data recorders.
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