On 6/6/2018 4:13 PM, Dan Gediman wrote:

> The problem is that, as each tape is coming to an end, during the last 5 minutes or so (these are mostly C-60s), a high-pitched squeal starts to be heard. What might be causing this and what, if anything, can I do to mitigate the problem. In the previous set of posts on the subject, the consensus seemed to be that baking is rarely (but not never) needed with cassettes.
> 
> Any thoughts or suggestions?

		
my first suspicion would be the slip-sheet inside the cassette. The 
solution is to, carefully, move the two spools of tape to a new cassette 
(I've had good luck with Maxells) and rethread the tape in the new 
cassette, then put the new cassette back together. That also gets you a 
new pressure pad -- not important if you're using a Nakamichi for the 
transfer, but important on other decks.

Peace,
Paul Stamler

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