What's In Your Tape Cassette Deck Tonight?
See Brian, we are not alone! Great to hear Mofi, and agreed Willy is THE man, and the price he charges for the work he performs is an absolute bargain imho. My ZX7 that he refurbished is unbelievable. I also picked up an old 500 Dual Tracer that I need to ask him if he can do anything with, it plays just fine but does not record, not that is a huge worry as can use the ZX7 for all recording duites. Still working through my pile of Metal Fuji tapes I purchased a while back. |
For the dedicated tapeheads, this might be of interest... Just for the few dedicated souls who still actually play pre-recorded cassette tapes, you may find this usefull if any of your tapes have "the squeal"! A couple days ago I played two back to back that developed the squeal part way through that just got unbearable before tapes end. Now this I always thought was due to the transport getting sticky but it now seems it is actually the tape itself that is sticking due to lack of lubricant. Who even knew that audio tape was lubricated?? And apparently the worse offenders are the XDR range of tapes that are claimed to all have been faulty direct from the factory. Watch the youtube video, its got a bit too much blather in it for my liking BUT when he gets to the solution it is quite simple and I can attest to the fact that it WORKS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov9frNzqrhU&t=627s |
I am working my through "The Beatles-The Collection" that I recorded from the MOFI box set back in the early 80's. I used the metal shell TDK MA-R90 (5 total tapes). I opened my first high-end store at about that time and was a MOFI dealer. I actually gave (2) Beatles box sets away as Grand Opening prizes. Very low serial numbers, like below 100, IIRC. |
