Re: [ARSCLIST] "slippery" audio cassette

[Mwcpc6@xxxxxxx]

I've run across this problem a few times. I think it is due to a  combination 
of sticky-shed and/or excessive pressure pad force in the cassette.  
Sometimes compressing the pressure pad or slightly bending the spring helps.  However 
I've seen tape that adheres to a tape head as if it was coated with  super 
glue even though it does not appear sticky, even with reel-to-reel tapes.  
Extreme lubrication (wet playing: alcohol or silicone on a q-tip) may help  however 
in the extreme cases I remember I think I just discarded the  cassette.
 
Mike Csontos

 
In a message dated 1/25/2008 5:46:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

My  problem is that the cassette simply won't play.  We have tried  replacing
the shell, wiping/scrubbing both sides of the  tape-head-to-tail,
re-tensioning, desiccating it and tried it on 5  different machines from a
Dragon to a  Dennon. 



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