Signal: blank, leader tape (not recordable) Level: -- About IEC-1981(Prague) standard
Earlier
than 1981, there is the DIN standard which was developed by German in
1975. Before 1975, both BASF in Germany and Japan produced produced test
tapes. TEAC started MTT series as early as 1968. But the standard by
DIN in 1975 was not noticed by Japan and this caused a different in
reference levels in different frequencies. The difference resulted in
different sound quality and was noticed by Cughs Mkengie. Later BASF and
TEAC investigated the cause of the difference in 1977 and after almost
two years they found the cause. In 1979 on conference IEC SC-60A BASF
reported the progress of the work and in 1980 Germany and Japan agreed
on the new characteristics. In 1981 IEC SC-60A Prague conference, a
report concludes:
In the past, due to lack of cooperation and
communication in countries, test tapes produced are not on the same
standard. Even around 1980, the difference was not resolved.
BASF
and TEAC agreed on a new way to produced test tapes upon: a) new method
of measuring magnetic: at 315 Hz, 0dB is 250nWb/m b) the method to
measure frequency characteristics with standard playback head c) fix the
curve of previous frequency response, but not make the change too big.
The new frequency response characteristics curves published on the conference are called the new IEC-1981 (Prague) standard.
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