audio tape speed in Ruusia

[Alex]

> There is no difference in the speed of tapes:  the problem is the tape
> players:  the European standard player for 120V plays slower in the US, and
> the US plays faster in Europe (or vice versa, I do not remember exactly).
> However,  nowadays chips usually take care of that difference.  The
> difference has something to do with the difference in the number of cycles
> in the European electricity versus the US.  Tapes, if played using the
> European tape player in Europe, and using the American one in the US, will
> have the same speed.

The speed of a tape certainly has nothing to do with the number of cycles.
A good cassette drive should have a stabilized voltage suplly. 120 or 127 V makes
no difference too. But if you plug a unit set for 127V into a main supply for 220V
you will surely burn down your power unit transformer.

By the way. All non-military tape recorders in the FSU were copied from western
models. So there must be no difference in speed for any type of a tape recorder.

Alexander Stratienko

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