Dave, if you do come across squealing cassettes, my experience is that baking won't hurt them even
if it doesn't cure the squeal. So I'd say try it first. Richard, do you agree?
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Radlauer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Baking cassettes
> Richard --
>
> Thanks. I've never had cassette tape squeal . . . yet.
> Despite our notorious humidity in SF Bay . . . well, next to it.
>
> Dave
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Richard L. Hess <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Dave,
>>
>> I have baked one or two cassettes with similar results, but it does not
>> help most of the squealing cassettes.
>>
>> I have also baked an Ampex 467 DAT with perfect results.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2015-06-02 7:46 PM, Dave Radlauer wrote:
>>
>>> I baked an Ampex branded cassette recently.
>>> Before baking it would not play, even after being transferred to a new
>>> shell.
>>> After baking it played fine, but I do believe that was a first for me.
>>> 24 hrs @ just under 130 F
>>>
>>> Anybody have experience to share?
>>>
>>> Dave R
>>>
>>>
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>>
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