22 Apr
2008
22 Apr
'08
11:20 a.m.
"John Floren" <slawmaster at gmail.com> 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?
John
Many times, probably hundreds, as long as the magnetic layer doesn't
begin to come off. Old tapes may be at risk of deteriorating. To get the
best recordings possible, use a bulk eraser to erase the tapes before
reusing them, and make sure that all parts of the deck that come into
contact with the tape, such as heads, tape guides, capstan etc are
regularly demagnetised.
Jonas