Re: [ARSCLIST] Help Purchasing a Microcassette

[Brandon Burke <burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not off-topic at all, Lou...and thanks as well to Richard for his always 
valuable input.

In all honesty, however, and because of my position (archivist), I can only 
dedicate so much time to transfers.  Yet I'm the only one here doing that 
kind of work.

The important thing, as I see it, is an ability to make surrogate copies of 
unique items within a reasonable amount of time.  As those of us in the 
archival world already know, sometimes researchers expect access to 
delicate and unique collection materials *immediately*.  And they don't 
always understand why they can't hear [tape X] when it's right in front of 
their face.  (Fair enough, that's our job.)

That said, I'm thinking of a micro-cassette unit in the $200-$500 
range.  Other (or contradictory) opinions are welcome as well, of 
course.  We all have something to learn from each post.

thanks again for the help everyone,
Brandon



At 12:48 PM 3/23/2006, you wrote:
> Am I off topic? All this is well and good, and if it is a one-shot and not 
> a hig fidelity recording, you can get a Micorocassetees recorder/player 
> for 39.95 at drug stores or RS...
>
> Pardon me if I am at times pragmatic. I've never heard a microcassette 
> that would benefit from a thousand dollar player... unless you are working 
> for a healthy hourly!
>
> <L>
>
> Lou Judson ? Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Mar 23, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Richard L. Hess wrote:
>
> > At 02:51 PM 3/23/2006, I wrote:
> >
> > > I reload the micro cassette tapes into a standard cassette shell.
> >
> > Ooops, I forgot to menion Richard's illustrated guide to doing this:
> >
> > http://richardhess.com/notes/2006/03/06/loading-c-0-cassettes/
> >
> >
> > Tape Restoration Seminar:    MAY 9-12, 2006; details at Web site.
> > Richard L. Hess                   email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Aurora, Ontario, Canada       (905) 713 6733     1-877-TAPE-FIX
> > Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
>
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