19 Jun
1998
19 Jun
'98
7:41 a.m.
At 07:44 PM
6/18/98 -0700, Bruce Lane wrote:
John Hickenbotham added:
Where did you get the idea that tape is so
fragile? I'd wager the
ones you
encountered were either of very poor quality or were stored under adverse
conditions (high heat, high humidity, etc).
A side note: I've got VHS tapes that are 10-12
years old and still look the
same when played. I find that most tapes fail with heavy use, not age
deterioration.
To which I'll further add:
I have reel to reel audio tapes of field recordings I made in the
mid-sixties which are still quite playable. There may be a slight loss of
audio quality in the highs, but it's hard to tell since banjo picking
doesn't offer a lot of fidelity to begin with.
R.