-> While tripping merrily through the mail, Faiyaz Ahmed was overheard
->
-> FA> never...but the tape is like that on every system (even my brand
-> FA> personel cassete player).
->
-> My point was that by not periodically cleaning and demagnetizing the
-> heads of your cassette machine is what damaged the tapes in the first
-> place.
->
-> I do mine once a month, wipe the heads with isopropol alchohol on a
-> swab, then wipe them dry with another swab, then demagnetize with an
-> inexpensive head demagnetizer from Radio Shack.
->
-> Back when I was in radio, we had 6 open reel machines in the studio
-> (we did almost our whole broadcast day with pre-recorded programs),
-> and the "ritual" had to be performed DAILY on all the machines.
->
-> Don
-> ... "I think not," said Descartes; and promptly disappeared.
-> ---
-> (1:154/750)
wow...thanks for the advise.  I'll do that the moment I get a chance to
goto radio shack.  I've been meening to get one of those for a while.
--- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 
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