I've heard of wire recorders. I don't go back that far. Reel to reel was wonderful even if it was bulky. Oh, the quality even at 3-3/4! I miss that format.
Mimi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary G. Schindler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:27 PM Subject: Re: question about recording books > > If you don't have a demagnetizer, but are fortunate enough to have a soldering (gun) you can use the but end as a demagnetizer. I would be surprised if any of you remember the old wire recorders. if the wire broke, you tied it in a small knot and kept on recording. > > -- "nick danger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mimi, > > Gods! I thought I was the only person who felt that way about some of the > good old school stuff. And on that subject since we're going back into the > past a little right here, remember the 8-track tapes? I was digging around > in one of my boxes and found about 120 of em! Unfortunately when we moved > out of our old house, the 8-track pleyers didn't come with us because they > were shot ta s--... yall know the rest LOL! The reel to reel tapes predate > my music interest since I didn't start collecting stuff until 1975. I use ta > have one of those plug-in demagnitizer wands, a cassette head cleaning tape > as well as the combination cleaner/demagnitizer tape.they were great. I > don't know if any of that stuff exists anymore but maybe if you searched for > it on google or yousearched.com you never know what may turn up. I'll also > check into it myself it's got me interested. > > Tony > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mimi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:18 PM > Subject: Re: question about recording books > > > > How long have you been into tapes? I use denatured alcohol to clean the > > heads; been doing that for years, way back when I used to have reel to > reel > > decks, too. Also good on cassette machines. > > > > I used to have an electric wand demagnitizer which I used to use on all > > those machines I used to have. I think it did a better job than the > > cassette one does, but that's my opinion, and everybody has one! Now, I > > have a battery cassette-shaped demagnitizer since all my open reel decks > > were stolen from me in Nevada as a result of a secret divorce and the > person > > trashed everything I worked hard on through the years. Many rare tapes > were > > willfully dumped in trash cans around Reno with braille and raised print > > labels affixed to them, and nobody gave a damn about how I was feeling > back > > then. I could not get legal help and so on. Anyway, back to the present > > topic, denatured alcohol, and be careful with the q tips--wipe the rubber > > roller and all the metal parts you can squeeze in to reach, then when you > > use the demagnitizer you can get at any RadioShack store, you turn down > the > > volume because the tone can be very piercing and I don't think you want to > > listen to that. If you must monitor it, then set the volume to low enough > > for you to hear without being freaked out. When the tone stops and the > tape > > automatically shuts off, you are demagnitized. It does not affect your > > other tapes, although it would be a good idea to store that demagnitizer > two > > or three slots away in your case, if you have a big case that holds 40 or > 50 > > tapes. > > > > The battery in that thing lasts a long time. I've had mine for twelve > > years. I'd rather have the wand, but don't know if the electric wand > > demagnitizers are available anymore. It saddens me that so many good > things > > we used to use have passed on to the next format. Sometimes, I really do > > miss the older formats, but the cost of maintaining it these days are > > horrendous, I hear, especially for low income owners who do not have lots > of > > money to play with and spend. Phono cartridges are already expensive, I > > hear. It's a shame! > > > > I'm sorry I launched into a full-blown lecture about that. I realize I > come > > a long way. I'm already facing complete digitiizing of my tapes, > including > > music on videotapes which I recorded two years ago. It's a massive > project > > which I am enjoying working on. The vast majority of my collection will > now > > be in mp3 on CD's. > > > > I know that the more you take care of your machines, the longer they will > > last. I miss the neighborhood repair shop where they used to know you and > > fixed your equipment and kept it going. What a sad thing this is a > > throwaway world, and even people are throwaways now. Sorry. > > > > Take care and best of luck with your audio work. > > > > Mimi > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Mp3 is what I do best. Some may have better editing programs than me, but > > I'm not jealous. I just cannot afford it. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Terri Stimmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 6:43 PM > > Subject: Re: question about recording books > > > > > > > Hi, > > > How do I demagnetize my tape heads? And what do I need in order to do > > that? > > > Also, what's good to use, when cleaning a tape deck? > > > Thank you, > > > Terri > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - NetZero HiSpeed! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month -visit www.netzero.com to sign up today! > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
