RE: Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Here are some suggestions for the future.

Thanks for the suggestions. I am a very long time reel to reel user. I used to work for Musicraft back in the early 70s repairing them before I switched careers to computers. I have several hundred tapes that I have recorded over the years starting in the mid 60s. Many are just stuff recorded of the tuner (a Scott 350C to start with) and some are semi pro recordings I made of bands when I had a business making promo tapes for bands in the 70s. I have well over 120 reel to reel machines now and I like to restore them when I can. I have tapes my Dad made in the 50s on Scotch 111 that still play like new. I have found that many times the acetate tapes get brittle prematurely if they have been improperly stored like in an attic or shed. The older acetate tapes I have that have always been in climate control storage mostly are still just fine. I keep a restored Tandberg 64X for playing brittle tapes as its very gentle on tape. Many old tapes play great on it that would otherwise be torn to shreds on a high torque 3 motor machine like one of my Crown units.I also have a Sunbeam dehydrator I use to try and get one more play from some sticky shed tapes so I can transfer them to digital. All the pre-recorded tapes I have that I bought myself new in the 60s are still ok although I don't have many. I now have fun recording some of the local Bluegrass and Jazz bands using one of my restored tube Tapesonic machines.

Dave

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Topic - So much for buying pre-recorded tapes off Fleabay... - DaveInVA 14:09:00 09/30/07 (21)

RE: So much for buying pre-recorded tapes off Fleabay... - Botanico92007 14:34:04 10/04/07 (0)

Reminds me of recent experiences buying tubes on the bay. What you see is not always what you get! * - PureAudio 07:56:23 10/03/07 (1)

Especially when the seller mails the tube.. - DaveInVA 08:01:53 10/03/07 (0)

Another update - its almost getting humerous... - DaveInVA 13:39:52 10/02/07 (1)

RE: It stinks but that's the way the game is played - jtkarma 06:01:50 10/03/07 (0)

RE: So much for buying pre-recorded tapes off Fleabay... - Awe-d-o-file 11:25:58 10/02/07 (1)

RE: So much for buying pre-recorded tapes off Fleabay... - DaveInVA 12:29:55 10/02/07 (0)

Update.. - DaveInVA 09:51:39 10/02/07 (2)

RE: Update.. - X-2000R 11:59:54 10/02/07 (1)

RE: Update.. - DaveInVA 12:22:45 10/02/07 (0)

That's the RISK you take! - g.r.hughes 13:45:40 10/01/07 (1)

RE: That's the RISK you take! - DaveInVA 14:07:27 10/01/07 (0)

It's definitely a crapshoot. - Dave Pogue 05:11:36 10/01/07 (1)

RE: It's definitely a crapshoot. - DaveInVA 14:05:24 10/01/07 (0)

RE: So much for buying pre-recorded tapes off Fleabay... - r17 22:21:06 09/30/07 (0)

Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Here are some suggestions for the future. - Teresa 19:24:52 09/30/07 (1)

RE: Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Here are some suggestions for the future. - DaveInVA 13:59:44 10/01/07 (0)

RE: So much for buying pre-recorded tapes off Fleabay... - Braxus 18:45:50 09/30/07 (1)

RE: So much for buying pre-recorded tapes off Fleabay... - DaveInVA 14:02:25 10/01/07 (0)

RE: So much for buying pre-recorded tapes off Fleabay... - bluelobster 17:28:18 09/30/07 (1)

RE: So much for buying pre-recorded tapes off Fleabay... - DaveInVA 14:01:03 10/01/07 (0)

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RE: Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Here are some suggestions for the future. - DaveInVA 13:59:44 10/01/07 (0)

RE: Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Here are some suggestions for the future.

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