reel to reel

[Charles Fox]

At 12:51 AM 4/22/2008, you wrote:
>So I'm looking at a Teac reel to reel deck going for $25. It comes
>with 6 tapes, which judging from the prices on ebay is a pretty good
>deal. What I'm wondering is if anyone can tell me about the kind of
>life I'd be getting out of these tapes. I don't plan to record too
>much (I'm not in a band or anything) but my friends and I would
>probably be making recordings from time to time and I expect that I
>would eventually want to reuse some of the tapes; how many times can
>you usually write to these before you start seeing a noticeable
>degrading in sound quality?
>
>John
>--
>Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

         From experience with endless loop tapes, I would say you are 
safe with several hundred plays. i would also suggest you line up 
spare capstan belts for your Teac recorder.

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