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By habit I always drop the tape away from the heads of a reel-to-reel
before powering on or off. Is that habit necessary? I'd think that an on- pulse would erase the tape nearest the head. |
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Carey Carlan wrote:
By habit I always drop the tape away from the heads of a reel-to-reel before powering on or off. Is that habit necessary? I'd think that an on- pulse would erase the tape nearest the head. One of the hallmarks of a well-designed machine is that this is not necessary. It _was_ once necessary with some cheap consumer machines in the sixties. It certainly doesn't hurt anything, though. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Interesting point. Never thought of it.
I always turned the machine on before threading it, and ran the tape off onto the reel before shutting off the machine. So the problem (if there is one), never occurred. |
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
: Interesting point. Never thought of it. I always turned the machine on before threading it, and ran the tape off onto the reel before shutting off the machine. So the problem (if there is one), never occurred. I'm transferring old tapes to digital. I find myself swapping 1/2 track and 1/4 track head assemblies back and forth. That requires powering off the recorder. |
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On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:06:30 -0400, Carey Carlan wrote
(in article ): By habit I always drop the tape away from the heads of a reel-to-reel before powering on or off. Is that habit necessary? I'd think that an on- pulse would erase the tape nearest the head. I think Richard Nixon had a problem with that, or Rosemary Woods, one or the other. Regards, Ty Ford -- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric stuff are at www.tyford.com |
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Carey Carlan wrote: By habit I always drop the tape away from the heads of a reel-to-reel before powering on or off. Is that habit necessary? I'd think that an on- pulse would erase the tape nearest the head. Fostex A8 and A8LR , A2 and A4 machines would leave a loud click on the tape if it weren't pulled from the heads before powering down. To be safe, always run the tape off the mavchine when powering down. It may seem like it takes a lotof time, but it is really the proper way. Richard Kuschel |
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