Yo! Frank Dude! 
Whilst under caution Frank said to Officer Phil :~)
 FI> How true, and after about 3 years when recording in SP mode the deck
 FI> How true, and after about 3 years when recording in SP mode the deck
 FI> will refuse to record the hi-fi tracks, but has no trouble in LP mode. I
 FI> have this trouble with my deck, a Sharp with the newer Mid-Drive
 FI> mechanism.
 FI> Can anyone suggest if it just needs a good cleaning or if
 FI> it's something more serious? (this is also happening on brand new tape,
 FI> it will record fine, then not even after the 4th time played back the
 FI> stereo drops out).
Youve probably got worn heads.
 Regards from STEve & his nice warm cosey PAK'd MegaSTE.
*  MegaSTE 40Mhz 68030, 68882 FPU, 4 Meg ST 16 Meg TT RAM Link 97 SCSI II *
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