any chance a cassette deck could've been damaged by a particular brand/model of tape(s)?

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You must be all laughing by now, .. I find it as stupid a question as most of you probably do.
But here's what happened- a couple weeks back I picked up a brand-new 100-minute Sony UX-Pro high bias blank, to see how well it did in my "new" NAD deck.
I'd been using the deck every day for a couple weeks until that point, with no complaints.
So I get home from work, pop this tape in, patch whatever into the NAD's inputs, set levels and hit Rec.
On playback, I got a very noticeable level difference between the two channels, and overall just a 'funky' vibe on subsequent tries. Cleaned the head(s), tried a 'demag' cassette, other tapes, pre-recorded stuff, stuff recorded on other decks, etc .. no luck.
I kept taking peeks at the unit but haven't really done anything to it yet, and just yesterday I handed this Sony blank over to someone else, who has the exact same model NAD deck, in known-good working condition, regularly demagged and adjusted, etc.
Well wouldn't you know.. he tried making me a dub of something on that very same tape, and on playback.. he got the same funky sh## I was seeing.
He also -I'm assuming- cleaned, demagged and inspected HIS deck, and is still having problems. So, while it doesn't really make any sort of sense [to me], I was wondering if there's any chance that this tape might've caused something to go wrong with both our decks.
It's just too much of a coincidence, what with the exact same tape being involved, same model decks, etc.
I'd appreciate any and all suggestions, ideas, comments, guesses, whatever. Thanks!

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Topic - any chance a cassette deck could've been damaged by a particular brand/model of tape(s)? - Damián 07:33:17 02/02/06 (5)

Re: any chance a cassette deck could've been damaged by a particular brand/model of tape(s)? - MHugo 03:05:33 02/04/06 (0)

Here's what I think may have happened. - soundnut 06:35:16 02/03/06 (0)

Re: any chance a cassette deck could've been damaged by a particular brand/model of tape(s)? - zman 17:03:08 02/02/06 (2)

Why don't you demag older decks? - soundnut 06:30:38 02/03/06 (0)

Re: "I`ll chime in here cause.. ". Thanks. I appreciate your help. One question, though.. - Damián 05:45:27 02/03/06 (0)

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