Did Shai say he tried re-housing any of the tapes? If not, that would be my go-to move. Those "slip
pads" on each side of the tape path are notorious for going un-slippery. Also, try tapping the tape
pretty aggressively against the bottom of your hand, both sides, before playing. That sometimes
loosens up stick between the tape and those pads. I'm right in the middle of a big cassette transfer
job, so I can say that those two tricks work quite often. I have, however, run into a few tapes in
my own collection where there must be complete loss of lubricant or the tape has gotten wider than
1/8" or some other problem and they just won't play despite new housing and even new reels on each
end. Luckily, nothing so valuable that I couldn't just toss the tapes and move on.
-- Tom Fine
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Squeaking cassettes
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> On Feb 6, 2014, at 2:55 AM, Shai Drori wrote:
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>> I am transferring a whole bunch of tapes for a client and found something interesting. Tapes made
>> by SKC from the 90's will squeak in all my decks (Naks included) except for the RX-202. It's a 2
>> head design with one capstan. The closed loop Naks squeak like a cat in heat. I think it has to
>> do with tension and head geometry. Any thoughts?
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>> Shai Drori
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>> בברכה,
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