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<DIV>Ted:</DIV>
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<DIV>Perhaps there is more to this story than you've uncovered. No doubt
the Shibaden was used, but perhaps this machine was too. You'll notice
that the control panels are NOT the standard VR-1000 controls. It was
obviously used for some special purpose.....</DIV>
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<DIV>Don Norwood<BR>Digitrak Communications, Inc.<BR><A
href="http://www.digitrakcom.com">www.digitrakcom.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ted@quadvideotapegroup.com
href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">Ted Langdell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com
href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">Quad List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 05, 2011 12:32
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [QuadList] digital audio
with quad--Nippon Columbia apparentlyused a Shibaden SV-7000 Quad</DIV>
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<DIV>Right company... wrong machine, though...</DIV>
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<DIV>On Jun 4, 2011, at 11:05 AM, LARRY wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: rgb(0,51,255); FONT-SIZE: 24px"
class=Apple-style-span>Anyone ever see this?</SPAN></DIV><IMG
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11px">LE Odham</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11px">Engr-Tech</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11px">TAMIS Archive</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 11px">Knoxville,Tenn.</DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><vr1000.jpg></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Not sure whether anyone saw my post regarding the use of Quad to record
digital audio:</DIV>
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<DIV><B><BR></B></DIV>
<DIV><B>And the answer is:</B></DIV>
<DIV>Denon, a subsidary of Nippon Columbia in Japan.</DIV>
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<DIV>Details are found here:</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.aes.org/aeshc/pdf/fine_dawn-of-digital.pdf">http://www.aes.org/aeshc/pdf/fine_dawn-of-digital.pdf</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">In 1969-1971, Denon leased an
NHK stereo PCM recorder and conducted numerous</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">test recordings. Retired Denon
engineer Dr. Takeaki Anazawa told the author: 'We got a</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">lot of ideas about improvement
of (the) system from these experiences." Denon's tests</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">also resulted in two commercial
albums, the first commercial use of PCM digital technology.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">Indeed, the first commercial
digital recording was Nippon Columbia NCB-7003,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">"Something" by Steve Marcus,
released January 1971. The only other commercial release</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">to come out of these early
Denon/NHK recordings was Nippon Columbia NCC-8004,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">"The World of Sutomu
Yamashita," according to Anazawa."</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">Satisfied that PCM digital was
an improvement over analog tape, Denon engineers</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">set out to develop their own
VTR-based system. Their goals were improved audio quality</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">and multi-track recording
capability, which then made the system viable in most commercial</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">recording settings of the
1970s. </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">In 1972, Denon unveiled the
DN-023R, an 8-channel system featuring 13-bit resolution and a sampling rate
of 47.25kHz. The system used a Hitachi (then called Shiba Electronics)
4-head open-reel broadcast VTR as its</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">storage format. </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I>(TL asks: Would this
have been a Shibaden SV-7000, seen here transformed into a Merlin ME-68 on
LabGuy's website?</I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><A
href="http://www.labguysworld.com/Merlin_ME68.htm">http://www.labguysworld.com/Merlin_ME68.htm</A></SPAN>)</I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I><BR></I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I>Here's a photo of the
Denon machine from:</I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I><A
href="http://www.sempre-audio.at/images/Report/100_Jahre_Denon/Denon_DN-023R_PCM-Recorder_670.jpg">http://www.sempre-audio.at/images/Report/100_Jahre_Denon/Denon_DN-023R_PCM-Recorder_670.jpg</A></I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I><BR></I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I>Looks line an SV-7000 to
me.)</I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I><BR></I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I><IMG
style="-webkit-user-select: none"
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height=521></I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><I><BR></I></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica"><FONT class=Apple-style-span
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px" class=Apple-style-span><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">Anazawa noted: "We used the
low-band mode of the VTR, for black and white (video). The reasons were
stronger (performance) than color mode for tape dropout and less cost."
Anazawa said, with the DN-023R, "we could edit music recordings and cut
(LP) discs using advanced (preview) head" to control lathe automation.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">Denon deployed the DN-023R
system immediately and used it to make commercial release</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">recordings throughout the
1970s.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">There's a Billboard magazine
article with pictures here:</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 8px Helvetica"><A
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=fSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT31&lpg=PT31&dq=Denon,+digital+audio,+2%2522+Quad&source=bl&ots=UNjJuD5cy8&sig=cZ4Cep2qnya9iyqz_KWY26Tdk2U&hl=en&ei=CRTpTZfwDJL0swOyg4T3DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v">http://books.google.com/books?id=fSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT31&lpg=PT31&dq=Denon,+digital+audio,+2%22+Quad&source=bl&ots=UNjJuD5cy8&sig=cZ4Cep2qnya9iyqz_KWY26Tdk2U&hl=en&ei=CRTpTZfwDJL0swOyg4T3DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false</A></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 15px Helvetica">More can be found in the AES
Journal, <FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" class=Apple-style-span>Volume 21 Number 7 pp. 535-541;
September 1973.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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