[78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?

[David Lennick]

I'm open to offers on the Eartha tape, which is STACKED (in case you were 
asking). St. Louis Blues.

Yeah, forgot about staggered heads..wonder how many people on this list know 
about those? We also had "butterfly heads" on Studers in the 80s, which was a 
problem if I brought in (over NABET's dead body) a tape made on standard 
2-track heads on an imperfectly erased tape.

dl

On 5/13/2011 8:18 PM, bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:
> I was gonna get to the elcaset... but was beaten to it.
>
> Yes, and even MORE bonus points for staggered-head-stereo 2-track reels, of which I have a couple.
>
> And how much ransom are you asking for the Eartha Kitt tape? :)
>
> Brad
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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> Sent: Fri, 13 May 2011 19:51:43 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?
>
> Some 2-track stereo open reel tapes are in demand (speaking of which, would
> anybody be demanding one I just found by Eartha Kitt?).
>
> I have a few thousand DAT tapes and have experienced remarkably little failure.
> 3 machines still in working order. 2 good reel to reel machines that can handle
> full, half or quarter track, 3.75 to 15ips..if anything slower ever requires my
> attention, I'll have to see if the old Philips fires up.
>
> dl
>
> On 5/13/2011 3:45 PM, agp wrote:
>> At 19:38 13/05/2011, MD wrote:
>>> reel-to-reel tape (bonus points for quadrophonic)
>> I think this still lives on in pro circles. I had one until about 2 years ago
>>
>>
>>> 8-track
>> Not to forget quad-8 and the 4 track (a la Muntz Stereo Pak)
>> And who can forget the charming little PlayTape
>>
>>
>>> machines to play these formats. I wouldn't even put DATs and minidiscs in
>>> the running - I never saw them find much of a foothold at all in the
>>> consumer market.
>>
>> MD was pretty strong outside the USA. I still have a recorder for
>> them puppies. It was great. Have a few prerecorded titles including
>> Paul McCartney's release Run, Devil Run.
>>
>> T
>>
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