I apreciate everyone responding so quickly. Can anyone venture a guess, or actually knows, why light will pass thru acetate  audiotape and not polyester, whereas with film just the opposite is true, light will not pass thru acetate film, but will be able to shine thru the polyester film. 

Lance Watsky
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Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 12:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Identifying Acetate Tapes


I disagree, unless you were making with zee leetle joke.

Transcendent would better describe the process of taking whatever's on
the tape and putting it on a CD. The content would transcend the frailty
of tape and attain the lofty strength of the disc.

Steven Austin

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Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Identifying Acetate Tapes

> Your college is correct.  Audio is translucent, polyester opaque.
>
> Steve Smolian
>

Steve,
I believe you used an incorrect word in the above statement. The word
you
should have used is "transcendent".

-Matt Sohn