Time for a quick poll.

HELL
NO

deffo no no.

i dont use tapes anymore,but when i did i used to use b or c but just for recording,never to play tapes..makes it sound like the tape heads are worn or dirty..

who remembers rumble and scratch filter on the amstrad hifi's lol..

i am guilty of remembering the said items such quality

  hey beanie man do you remember the memorex adverts on telly with ella fitzgerald

ha ha no i dont remember that but there is some videos on youtube,,here..

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Only time I use it is for really quiet music like violin, if I'm trying to get rid of the background hiss.  But with all other music I don't use it, it subtracts too much treble.  I really don't think boomboxes are good enough to make proper use of such features.

Most tape recorded from vinyl processed b dolby primarely for home use

Dolby b only in home cassette albums & and played back on HOME equipment.

Then...

No reduction in mix tapes as they are either all had been processed previously or not, no need to process

again. and Finally for ....

Portable's:  Specific cassette's for playback in portables been processed another way ( deep bass note's

removed or lessoned ) via parameteric eq and no noise reduction applied as played outside - as well known

that higher frequencies are more directional and travel further better outside ( no wall's to stop them

'grin' ) and for further consideration  - the wind 'outside' blowing will add it's own noise...  Can't

really hear the difference of reduction or not outside unless you have this really close to your ear...

No don’t use any. They make the music sound like it’s coming from speakers hidden under a blanket.

I have to admit using Dolby B while recording on normal or chrome tapes but on Metal...a strict no.

I just find certain passages in music (see Pink Floyd, Rush, AC/DC and even Enigma) quit down so much that with headphones on, I almost want to reduce the volum for that brief instance...but that's just me

i never use it -

kills the highs and the fun

i like dolby. if you are using a good deck that is properly alligned, it's fantastic. the lost highs are due to allignment issues.

having said that, though, i never use it. i have a lot of decks and a lot of walkman and tapes are passing from here to there and muffled highs due to allignment issues are garbage.

i agree....that and the fact tapes are donkyes yrs old now....on my m90 i have and always do with m90's...i reverse the dolby system....so that when you use it...it boosts the trebble.....unfortunetly i have not done this yet...to my last m90

Yes either B or C depending on the music type

Dolby is the compression of the devil and should be avoided

Never found it to be very usefull. 

when newly recorded, it sounds good... but after a long time, the high may be gone and trills come out... according to my experience.