[Vintage-Audio] Re Ten Inch Reel Tape Sources

Thu Jun 13 22:03:01 2002

Duane..

Not all Ampex tape is bad and not all anyone elses tape is
good. The sticky shed prioblem was experiencied by most all
tape manufacturers in the 1978-87 time period. Tape today is
considered to be free of the peoblem, although there are
still those lurking and waiting to yell "I told you so".

The safest bet is to buy new tape. It is available from most
Guitar stores and their competitors and from a number of
mail order places like www.tapewarehouse.com and
http://www.tlwtape.com/.

WBob 

"Duane Fischer, W8DBF" wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> It has been fun relearning how to thread magnetic tape around, over, under,
> through and between rollers, cap stands, pressure levers, wheels and so forth.
> Like a maze! And to think I used to enjoy this ...
> 
> I am having a great time doing it all, again. Seriously.
> 
>         I have spent the time since I sold my Sony L-Cassette deck (did any of you own
> one?) struggling with high end cassette decks. ou can only do so much with a
> tape speed of 1 7/8 ips. But some results are truly amazing! Then I went to DAT
> (digital audio tape) and it is absolutely fantastic.
> 
> Sorry, when you clear the half century mark you sometimes start to drift like
> those old boat ancors do!  I need a 'GOOD' source for reels of ten inch audio
> tape. I am not interested in those found in Aunt Zelda's attic buried in enough
> dust to cover the floor of the Grand Canyon. But I would be interestedin some
> still sealed, or almost new. (almost new? Now what the heck is that, Duane?)
> Anyway, if you know of a good source for some good tape, not the stick to the
> heads Ampex stuff, please let me know. Thanks.
> 
> Don't worry: the doctors assure my family that as long as I stay on my
> medications I am not dangerous. But remembering where I put them sometimes is a
> problem.
> 
> DBF W8DBF
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