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- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: ARE 100-110 MINUTE TAPES BAD?
- Message-ID: <38245@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 02:14:11 GMT
- References: <1992Dec20.001558.7861@iitmax.iit.edu> <1992Dec30.071318.8763@mel.dit.csiro.au>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1992Dec30.071318.8763@mel.dit.csiro.au> gre253@mis.csiro.au (Steven Green (+61 6 276 6813)) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec20.001558.7861@iitmax.iit.edu> tranhun1@elof.iit.edu (Hung Q. Tran) writes:
- > >
- > >I always see the 100-110 minute tapes usually cheaper than the 90
- > >minute tapes. Are they necessarily delicate? What difference
- > >is there between the quality of a 90 min tape and a 100 min tape.
- > >
- > >thanks tran
-
- > I've been using TDK MA-110's for a little while now. My impressions to date
- > have been _very_ good. They reproduce brilliantly and seem fairly robust.
- > I've used quite a few in my car and the handly the wear-and-tear of that
- > environment without any problems.
-
- On the other hand, I've had problems with the MA-110's in both car
- and my old Kenwood deck at work. I'd guess it's basically a question
- of how good of shape your decks are in. If you get a clean wind on
- the cartridge and the deck is running good, with no slippery old
- belts then you should have no problems. If the tape doesn't wind up
- smoothly or the deck doesn't have enough clean torque, you may hear
- that draggy action or extra wow/flutter towards the end of the tapes.
-
- Expecially with auto tape players and portables, the safest bet is
- still using 60-70-90 minute tapes. If you want to use longer tapes,
- get a few and beat on them for a week or two. You may find that
- they work nice the first couple times and then go downhill as the
- tape winds less cleanly and drags more...
-
- As far as quality, the old story was that most > 90 minute tapes
- were only available in TYPE I (standard oxide), but with the CD era
- you can get high-bias and metal tapes in extended length. They
- still have to use a thinner base, so in addition to the mechanical
- issues, there may still be an issue with print-thru.
-
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