Re: [ARSCLIST] Scotch Reel to Reel tape

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sammy:

Please tell us, what do you plan to record on this tape? Is this a professional archiving project or 
a hobby/pleasure use?

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:44 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Scotch Reel to Reel tape


> I have come across an opportunity to purchase to new and unopened Scotch 176
> and 177 quarter inch reel to reel tape.  Do these types of tape suffer from
> sticky shed syndrome or any other malady that I should be aware of?  Will
> these yield good quality recordings, assuming they have been stored well?
>
> Can anybody recommend particular audio tapes that are still manufactured or
> ones that aren't, but are still available in good quantity?
>
> I will be recording on a Technics 1520 reel to reel deck in half-track
> stereo that is in excellent condition.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Sammy Jones