Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio cassette woes

[Jeffrey Kane <jeffkane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a moot point as I'd not fully thought through that getting the tape out
of the shell still isn't going to solve the tape/head friction issue.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Hodge
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:51 AM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio cassette woes
>
> The reels don't actually do anything on this machine - they
> are simply window dressing. I read this in a description of
> this same machine offered somewhere else.
>
> BALDERDASH !!!
>
> Bob Hodge
>
> >>> jeffkane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 4/26/2005 9:37:31 AM >>>
> Completely off the wall question. Would this thing (
> http://www.gadgetbargains.com/poly-841-558.html ) work in
> cases where LOL prevented playback in ANY shell? My eyes may
> deceive me but in looking at the blank reels they appear to
> be 1/8" tape
> (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3272&i
tem=3849210246
> &rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V). The machine runs at 4.75cm/sec
> (cassette speed).
> Thus, it looks like they simply took cassette parts and made
> an open reel out of it for the 'nostalgia' market. Would this
> not take lubrication out of the equation?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anonymous SET ARSCLIST DIGEST
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:39 AM
> > To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio cassette woes
> >
> > Having successfully reformatted nearly a thousand
> cassettes, I agree
> > with everyone that the first suspect would be the tape itself.
> > However, having had a couple tapes like you are describing
> I began to
> > think it might be the machine.  I got a jig from a tape duplication
> > friend that allowed me to measure the tension generated by
> the deck's
> > take-up motor.  It was not nearly to spec.  I tried this in
> numerous
> > "professional"
> > and consumer decks and found none of them to spec.  The
> consumer one's
> > weren't even close.  Of course, the "spec" is about 30
> years old.  It
> > seems manufacturers have cut corners on the quality of the
> motors over
> > the years.  What that means is if there is any friction at
> all in the
> > cassette mechanism, the motor can't pull it.  Your problem
> could be a
> > combination of factors.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Kevin Irelan
> >
>