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Originally Posted by dude87
Some reel-to-reel tapes from the 70s suffer from a poor formulation - careful "baking" is required to get any sort of playback off of them without severe problems. ........
Then spread the recordings like crazy - massive parallel backups are still the best way to go.
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That's why I added the 'almost' rider to my statement - I have, out of thousands of tapes, just TWO Ampex cassettes. As you'll know, it's Ampex that require the baking process to dry them out...luckily, Ampex never really got a sales foothold in the UK, and my collection is mainly TDK, Maxell, BASF and Agfa - all of which seem thus far to be fairly stable. Long may it continue.
I agree massive parallel backups are advisable - but let's be honest, it's still a good feeling to dig out something you recorded years back, slot it in the machine and go down memory lane...... downloading a torrent, whilst it gets to the same end, almost, doesn't trigger any memories for me.
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