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Hi, I noticed some refresh troubles with my Asus Xonar D2X, unless I am missing something. When I first tried to transfer some tapes, I plugged the Line In. It took some time until the input was detected as plugged and the driver or windows would enable it. Once done, I could see the Line...

This is true concerning cassettes or low quality pre-recorded reels, but false with master taoes or copies of masters (which is what I have in most cases). I'm sure I could enjoy 44/16 with the "high quality" live concerts I recorded on the radio (I have a Kenwood KT-5020L tuner). However, a...

Hello, I would like to transfer some mono and 2-track master audio tapes in HD. I have what seems to be a reputable sound card in my recent PC (Asus, i7, etc). From what I read on the box, this card can record at 192KHz 16/24 bits. However, I can't find a software which supports this...

Hi, Today was quite a tape day... Started getting 46 EMI tapes, of which 39 2-track Stereosonics, of which 12 are still sealed. Never got that many in a single shot. Photo here... Later in the afternoon, a guy sold me two 4-track decks (a Teac A3300SX and a Revox A77 with silver knobs) and...

Hi, I have been using my 4-track Revox A77 in a daily manner to listen to 1 or 2 4-track pre-recorded tapes every day for over a year. I restored it back then and it has always worked like a charm, until two tapes obtained from different sources started playing incorrectly. While Side 1 plays...

Hi, I'm almost done recaping this nice machine with Elna Silmic II caps, however I realized that three boards differ from what is shown in the service manual. The two Line boards (both same) have more resistors and capacitors. Same with the Mic board. Do I have an early or late unit ? If so, is...

Dear friends, Before all, I wish you a Merry Christmas ! I wanted to share with you a good news. You must have heard of the thick and expensive "Zeitschichten" book about magnetic recording history written by Friedrich Engel. Well, the third (and last) edition is now available in PDF format...

Hi, I'm wondering if Deutsches Grammophon (DGG) has ever published a catalog of the various titles they have issued on 4-track reel tape format (I never heard of any 2-track tape from them). While I often see the Beethoven/Karajan tapes, there are some rarer ones that I have seen only once or...

Hi, I wanted to know what 4-track auto-reverse R2R machine would replace my Revox A77 ? What I would like is: - Best sound (ok, hard question there, but something that would equal or beat my A77) - Better record/play quality at 3 3/4 ips (9.5cm/s) just in case I start enjoying that speed on...

Hello, For those who are interested, I will soon have finished my EMI 2-track pre-recorded tape guide. This guide is based on the 1958 EMI catalogue but I need the 1960 version to add some later titles. I would really appreciate if somebody could either scan the pink section for the tapes at...

It's nothing hazardous, I just used the bad word. In french it means that it is very improbable.

Now here's a most amazing find for you Reel2Reel collectors... Last week I received a number of audiophile Barclay Crocker (BC) tapes including the Mozart Serenades as seen on the top of the photo. The tape had a problem (lubricant loss) and wouldn't play right (it started to hiss on a tape...

Hi, After my Barclay Crocker "almost complete" tape guide that I recently finished, I would like to switch to those HMV 2-tack mono/stereo tapes issued in the 50s. I started an initial pdf with a three dozen titles, but the HMV catalog of the late 50s contained over 400 titles with many...

Hello, After many late evenings checking hundreds of eBay auctions, Google pictures, private lists, LP issues and more, I finally managed to "almost" complete my Barclay Crocker tape guide. It is only missing a few catalog reference letters to be finished. It contains all known BC tapes so far...

Hi, I'm writing a PDF guide of all known Barclay Crocker (BC) factory recorded tapes. Some of you may know the 1986 BC article listing all their tapes with the number of specimens produced. Except that the list misses several titles, that the catalog numbers are missing their first letter in...

Hi, I'm finishing to repair this machine. It works almost completely except that I can't use a normal square belt for the main tape transport. Philips used a cheap design using a belt shaped like |>: a flat side and a half square side. The flat side engages toward the reels in fast rewind and...

Hi, Right now I play my 4-track pre-recorded tapes on a Revox A77 which seems to be the MK-IV version as per silver push-buttons. I recaped almost all except the motor capacitors and two 1600µF electrolytics on the playback amplifiers (I'll change them soon anyway). I would like to get the best...

It is a 469 variant, in the sense that it's 36 microns insteaf of 46, with same oxide #9. I'll throw them away and keep the foxes for storage. I have lots of tapes so can definitely eat the loss. Thanks for your information. David

Hi, I got a few of these in their nice boxes. I thought I made an interesting deal as they allowed 90 minutes on my PR99. However, they slowed down the rewind and deposited on the heads and guides (not much, but enough to remove by hand). They appear to work better after a first pass and...

Hi, I just got three of these large, heavy and well packed Maxell tapes for digital audio (pcm). They are referenced PC27-1/2-14DA. Half inch, 2920m, as large as 14 inches, and lasting one hour which supposes a tape speed of around 81cm/s. I can't find any information about these tapes on the...