You are pushing your luck with that on any but seriously pro kit. Th
pre-emphasis on the treble means you only have a few db range above 10kHz.

Which is why disks and data tapes use a completely different encoding
system.

Id say a fast tape - 15 ips or more would net you perhaps 60dB at 2Khz
bandwidth if reliability needed.

Tape was truly AWFUL.

If your over this way anytime have a listen to my old Studer B67
replaying a tape of steam driven fairground "gallopers" recorded
outside.

People can't believe that was done on 60's tech....


CD MUCH better.

Id doubt that a tape was capable of delivering much more than a good
modem over a phone line, 64kbps.

Bandwidth and S/N are similar.
so 8KB/s

You only need to look at the mess that videotapes were on all but
massively expensive kit at stupendous speeds to see that getting to the
Mbps was almost impossible

Of course the wider the tape the better..




Jim




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Tony Sayer