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Old 14th Jan 2021, 1:24 pm   #144
TIMTAPE
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Default Re: Grundig TK20 and Truvox R82. Help Required Please.

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Originally Posted by Ted Kendall View Post

...Record heads have a higher inductance than play heads - more turns, in other words, to ensure the tape can be saturated, whilst the number of turns on a play head has to be balanced against other losses...
Ted, I always understood it as the opposite: the record heads have a lower inductance (and impedance at the nominal frequency) relative to play heads.
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