RE: The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise. - Tony Lauck - Tape Trail

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RE: The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise.

In Reply to: RE: The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise. posted by Inmate51 on November 21, 2014 at 16:17:33:

You could be right, but your argument is foolish because you could also be wrong.

From time to time, I am given archival tapes to transfer to digital. In between my Nak CR-7 sits idle. When I get a job to do, do you think that the first tape I put into the deck is the rare tape to be archived? You have to be kidding! The first thing I do is to put into the deck a tape that I don't care about that sounded good the last time I played it. If it plays without drama and sounds good only then do I put in the rare archival tape.

It is possible that the old acetate tape in question turned to "dust" through the ravages of time and, perhaps, a poor storage environment. Of course were this to be the case, it would only be "anecdotal", a total cop-out phrase in my opinion. It is a phrase used by the non-discerning to dismiss in a dogmatic fashion the very clues that might enable them to advanced to be better world-view. But I know that acetate tapes can turn to dust, because I have several 4 track pre-recorded tapes that turned to dust as could be seen while threading the takeup reel on my R2R deck before I even pressed play and I could care less whether you believe me or not. I also know that tape decks have rubber parts that degrade over time and this can account for unreliable operation after a period of storage. (This is a particular failing of early Nak CR-7's that didn't have the rubber idler replaced by a gear mechanism.)

Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar

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Topic - The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise. - Dave Pogue 06:16:29 11/21/14 (9)

RE: The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise. - Inmate51 16:17:33 11/21/14 (3)

RE: The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise. - Tony Lauck 11/21/1417:01:49 11/21/14 (1)

RE: The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise. - Inmate51 18:08:36 11/21/14 (0)

RE: The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise. - Dave Pogue 16:33:57 11/21/14 (0)

I like to use my tape decks so much... - Skylab 13:43:44 11/21/14 (4)

RE: I like to use my tape decks so much... - Dave Pogue 17:56:23 11/21/14 (3)

"All tape decks are virtually decades old" - Grant99 07:04:54 11/22/14 (2)

Actually... - Inmate51 10:16:48 11/23/14 (0)

RE: "All tape decks are virtually decades old" - Dave Pogue 08:17:10 11/22/14 (0)

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RE: The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise. - Tony Lauck 11/21/1417:01:49 11/21/14 (1)

RE: The importance of frequent tape deck exeercise. - Inmate51 18:08:36 11/21/14 (0)

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