Jon said it exactly right. ( I was a taper Deadhead too, and came to the same conclusion.) You just had to live with some hiss.
When you played back a live concert recorded with Dolby, you would often play it back without the decoding. The highs were then too bright, but it was usually better than the alternative, a dead recording. (sorry about that.) In those days, we had tone controls...
When you played back a live concert recorded with Dolby, you would often play it back without the decoding. The highs were then too bright, but it was usually better than the alternative, a dead recording. (sorry about that.) In those days, we had tone controls...