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- From: falcon@camelot.bradley.edu (D. Nathan Hood)
- Subject: Re: Tape head demagnitizing...
- Message-ID: <falcon.722207662@camelot>
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- Organization: Bradley University
- References: <1e9ipdINN1m8@manuel.anu.edu.au> <1992Nov17.032423.19975@mprgate.mpr.ca> <1992Nov19.151846.5162@tc.fluke.COM>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 21:14:22 GMT
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- In <1992Nov19.151846.5162@tc.fluke.COM> strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) writes:
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- >The act of recording demagnetizes the record head. If your deck uses
- >the same head for recording and playback--and if you do plenty of
- >recording--your heads will never need demagnetizing. Of course, the
- >capstan and guides might.
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- >If you have a 3-head deck, the playback head might very well need
- >occassional demagnetizing. Just one of the disadvantages of a 3-head
- >deck.
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-
- what about a two-head (?) deck... separate record and playback... hte
- playback will be magnetized right??? i always thought that a magentized
- head just lowers response i don't know if the capstans have anything to do
- with it... will they change the magnetic coating on the tape??? i have
- never had this problem but...
-