
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
Not unless you also want to send me that old TEAC...'cuz I'm not going to risk my decks!Maybe I'll be Santa for you and give, that's right give you a treated reel and you can see how well the talk is being walked.

I'm just heartbroken that I tossed out all that crappy 456 I had a few years back...I could send it to you if I still had it instead of to the landfill.

I think your guy ggoat was saying that the BASF 911 was the worst with SSS issues...which I find odd, since I have BASF 911 back from when it was just BASF...and the stuff still plays like silk.
Maybe you guys over at tapheads should stop messing with crappy old tape and just get something that doesn't have SSS issues.

It's not like there is no more new tape to be bought.
I know...it's like a lot of nostalgia induced stuff...you just gotta have the same tape you remember using back in '68 or whatever, and you gotta run it on the same deck you had back then...that's nice, from a "remember when" perspective.
Let me ask you...do you or those guys actually record music...I don't mean transferring old vinyl to tape, or just digging up old albums on 1/4" tape from yesteryear, all that 3.25 and 7.5 ips stuff....I mean do any of you guys really record and edit and mix and master, actual music sessions?
Hey, don't get me wrong, I love the old-school audiophiles. I'll take you guys over the iPod/MP3 crowd ANY day...but some of you guys spend too much time in some alternate universe when it comes to audio.
There's a little article in this months MIX magazine on the back page "Tech Talk"...it's about how audiophiles are finally coming closer together with pro audio, and speaking of MIX magazine...the guy you need to involve/pitch with your "cure" is Eddie Ciletti, who is a tech guru and does the "Ask Eddie" section. He was/is very knowledgeable about analog tape and maintenance and baking/restoring...and he probably has the ability to really test your "cure".
Plus there's a lot of pros on some other sites/forums (like I've been suggesting)...but I get the feeling that you would rather not go there, as it's easier to "wow" the home-rec & tape audiophiles.
If you don't have the guts to show your "cure" to them...let me know, and maybe I'll post and link to your stuff on tapeheads, and let them all come scrutinize your "cure".
Like I said several times...if the science and data prove the "cure" is really a cure...I'll be happy to say I was wrong.
