technoplayer
Recovering Gear-aholic
I picked up a new reel to reel and went to my tape archives and loaded up some old music on SONY ULH-7-550-BC. I have my tapes stored in the plastic bags in the original boxes in the house ( climate controlled). Well, after a minute or two, the tape started SQUEALING...i.e. sticky shed on the stationary parts. I picked up a huge amount of shed, especially along the edges. I cleaned it all up arnd tried it again, and got the same result: gunk.
I tried it on a different machine, one I've had for years, and ...same result. I 've had these tapes for probably 20 years, and although I have not listened to them for perhaps 5 years, I did not expect them to go stick shed on me.
I have not seen any specific listings of the Sony tape going bad. Anybody know anything about bad Sony tape??
I tried it on a different machine, one I've had for years, and ...same result. I 've had these tapes for probably 20 years, and although I have not listened to them for perhaps 5 years, I did not expect them to go stick shed on me.
I have not seen any specific listings of the Sony tape going bad. Anybody know anything about bad Sony tape??