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In Reply to: Retaping ? posted by gonzo on July 30, 2006 at 07:04:19:
Hi there.Especially since some of the older tapes were better than some of them that are available now. But even a very good old tape with significant wear still has a shorter lifespan and probably lower fidelity than a new tape with no wear. So really it depends on the amount of wear on the old tape, and what kind of new tape you're comparing it to.
I got a free big bag of old CrO2 tapes recently & some are in great shape, but a few are worn out. It's a crapshoot.
If you use a previously recorded cassette though, I would always erase the tape with a bulk eraser before recording. Erasing it first by recording a blank signal with your deck & then going back & recording on it isn't going to do anything except wear the heads and the tape.
Now you've made me wanna go rummaging through my old cassettes!
Good luck & hope those tapes work out for you.
Bobbo :-)
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Follow Ups
- Kind of a hard question to answer. - soundnut 07:49:46 07/30/06 (7)
- Re: Kind of a hard question to answer. - Doc B. 11:54:11 07/31/06 (1)
- That's true... but... - soundnut 06:11:43 08/01/06 (0)
- A Bulk eraser? Really? - Grant99 10:53:06 07/31/06 (4)
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