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JDCheek 03-25-2021 08:10 PM

Tails out tape storage
 
I just received a pre-recorded tape that I purchased from Horch House. It indicates that you should store your tapes tail out to avoid channel bleeding of some sort. While I don’t have a great deal of these, do those of you that have tape collections store them tails out. It’s obviously not a big deal, either way. Curious.

W9TR 03-25-2021 08:30 PM

Tails out tape storage
 
It is a pretty big deal. The thought around tails-out is that it creates post echo, much harder to detect than the pre-echo caused by tails-in storage.

https://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/3mtape/printthrough.pdf

JDCheek 03-26-2021 07:06 AM

Thank you. That makes total sense. While I have purchased 20 SM-911 and SM-932 on metal reels ready for recording, I’ve been waiting for the install of the C-2700 for its DAC and phono preamp improvements before doing any additional recordings. The ones I have, I can certainly transfer to other reels so they are tails out. I have noticed on one of my recordings that print through just before the main signal starts playing.


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