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In Reply to: RE: AEG DIN hubs posted by denden11 on March 10, 2024 at 07:50:44
Let me turn this question around by asking: "Why use reels at all?"
In some sense the reels are like training wheels on your bike. At some point they become unnecessary and even inconvenient.
Reels do get in the way of handling the tape - it is easier without them. And as far as some additional risks - once again, compare that to the risk of falling off your bike: yes, it IS there, but it becomes so small that you don't even think about it.
A couple of points here - DIN hubs require a particular level of technology from your machine - specifically high enough tape tension. With some consumer machines you will never get the pack tight enough for safe handling.
But if you have access to a pro level machines and you know your way around them, then pancakes become natural and easy.
Accidents can and do happen. But in my many years of using the pancakes I only recall a couple, and their extent was minor.
And of course there is that cost consideration. If your tape library has just 200 reels of tape then you have $5-10K in reels alone sitting on your shelf.
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Hi Vic, just poking my head in to say hi
Please handle me gently - I am still suffering from a bit of male postpartum depression, having just sold one of my machines. :(Sold it to a good guy (and apparently many on this forum know him), but still...
Edits: 03/10/24
I hope it wasn't a Studer
A very nice and clean Ampex 350 from the fifties.
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