22 Apr
2008
22 Apr
'08
12:49 a.m.
At 9:51 PM -0700 4/21/08, John Floren wrote:
So I'm looking at a Teac reel to reel deck going
for $25. It comes
with 6 tapes, which judging from the prices on ebay is a pretty good
deal. What I'm wondering is if anyone can tell me about the kind of
life I'd be getting out of these tapes. I don't plan to record too
much (I'm not in a band or anything) but my friends and I would
probably be making recordings from time to time and I expect that I
would eventually want to reuse some of the tapes; how many times can
you usually write to these before you start seeing a noticeable
degrading in sound quality?
I've no idea, but if anyone has any links to good sites with
preservation tips, or info on restoring the machines I'd be
interested. The Library received a donation of 2 or 3 units
(different makes), and boxes of tapes. One of these days I need to
start work on restoring them. Of course first I need to sort out all
the magnetic media (data and audio) that came with that donation.
Zane
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