Thanks both of you. I checked Line Input (just the sort of thing I might do) but it was OK. My Tape deck is a plain-vanilla type with no equalisation or anything except Dolby B. Leaves it up to the Mixer.

Tried turning off Dolby B, and it is just about right. Can't understand that though. Dolby introduces deliberate frequency distortion so that it can't undo it on playback and gain noise reduction in the process. Why should it sound right if it is left 'distorted'?

Don't try to understand, just do it???

Terry