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- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!uvaarpa!mmdf
- From: Rich Fromm 21-Jan-1993 1817 <fromm@rock.enet.dec.com>
- Subject: type II vs. type IV tapes
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.232337.29391@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU>
- Sender: mmdf@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU (Mail System)
- Reply-To: fromm@rock.enet.dec.com
- Organization: The Internet
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:23:37 GMT
- Lines: 18
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- jay flemma writes:
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- | In reply to rstern who asks...
- | "why do people still use high bias tapes instead of metal."
-
- | Because it is pretty widely known that significant use of metal tapes
- | will destroy the heads in your tape deck. They will erode it into dust
- | long before its time. (FYI I got 4 yrs of excellent performance
- | from my Denon-810 heads (yes its a 3-head deck) before having to replace
- |them.
- | Most companies anticipate a life span of about one year with
- | extensive use of metal tapes.
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- huh? i've never heard of this; where did you get this "pretty widely known"
- statistic?
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- - rich
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