'50s even..

Post #265,208 by Ashton 8/17/06 5:41:50 PM Reply	'50s even.. About 5 years ago, I played back a cornet tape I'd made in early '50s on a borrowed Webster-Chicago consumer grade machine (all there was for us proles, then.) .. played on a (much better quality) Uher Report-L portable of ~ late '60s vintage. WebCor brand tape - not even Scotch and surely before Mylar: Eerily listenable quality (considering the toy mic and overall techno in the chain.) Doesn't prove anything; likely an outlier. Much depends on how it was stored + the luck of the draw in that week's oxide slurry recipe, I'd suppose. (Also best - store tapes in 'played' mode, not rewound; rewind to an MT reel to play. The echoes from print-through tend to be less disruptive musically.) Gotta get this masterpiece onto later medium one of these years; the Uher is gone - a nice feeding frenzy on eBay for that little jewel; its numbers were ~Prof grade; quite better S/N, flutter than a Nagra du jour, etc. Anyone have a medium-grade smaller (ie. not boat-anchor) R-to-R in the closet?
Post #265,225 by Nightowl 8/17/06 9:39:27 PM Reply	I'm almost sure mom has a nice reel to reel player I don't know if she'd consider parting with it though. How big are the reels you would need to run? Brenda "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert ************************** "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss ******************************* "Sometimes it takes a whole lot more strength to walk away than to stand there and fight." -- By the character of John Abbott: said on Young & Restless on 5/19/06 *******************************
Post #265,229 by static 8/17/06 10:47:46 PM Reply	My Dad has one, too. Still goes. I think its format is 1/4" at 9.5cm/s. He was spending some time recently copying his tapes over to MiniDisc. :-) Wade. "Insert crowbar. Apply force."
Post #265,247 by Ashton 8/18/06 5:18:53 AM Reply	Re: I'm almost sure mom has a nice reel to reel player Standard 7" (Actually, it's on a 5" reel for the Uher). Pro size was 10\ufffd". But the packing, shipping (so as to ever again work) is a PITA; then too, some are heavy monsters; rilly old might even have vacuum tubes! == it's bathroom scale time. If she's really ready to dispose, would pay decent dollars depending on year, model, condition and such. Big + if it's been fired up recently and .. it worked.) It's a thought. Thanks.

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