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m. kong
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Does anyone have any info on 4 track cassette recorder maintenance?
I was going to give mine a bit of a clean and have been finding conflicting info on the net.
Is metho ok to clean the heads with? I've read that anything with a high percentage of alcohol is fine (metho has 97% from memory) but then I've read that you should use tape head cleaning solutions only.
Do you need to demagnetise the tape heads? I have a demagnetiser but have read that you don't need to use it on four tracks because there isn't enough magnetism created on the heads due to the thin tape and slow speeds used.
What is degaussing?
I was going to give mine a bit of a clean and have been finding conflicting info on the net.
Is metho ok to clean the heads with? I've read that anything with a high percentage of alcohol is fine (metho has 97% from memory) but then I've read that you should use tape head cleaning solutions only.
Do you need to demagnetise the tape heads? I have a demagnetiser but have read that you don't need to use it on four tracks because there isn't enough magnetism created on the heads due to the thin tape and slow speeds used.
What is degaussing?