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Originally Posted by cheebacheeba
Hey, do you do this?
To make sure an old tape is gonna run without problems, or minimising problems, I usually chuck 'em in the player, and FFWD (on stop, not play) them to the end, RWD them the same way, then repeat that process before playing them?
I always imagine it gets them loosened up, might shake off some dust etc.
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Yeh man I do that for sure. Mainly when I first play I tape I've picked up from somewhere. It keeps the tape aligned properly in your player stopping it getting fucked up along the bottom.
I'll get back to you about that tape.
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Originally Posted by missmacabre
I love cassette tapes and vhs. That warbly audio on really old ones sounds neat, and also means they were well loved before my ownership. I got The Cure's wish album on cassette from a thrift store and it's thin in some spots so I know which songs the pervious owner liked, and imagine who they were and stuff. I also have a well loved vhs copy of Disney's Alice in Wonderland, the audio being warbly makes it so much creepier and trippier. I would never replace it with a dvd.
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Yeh tapes certainly have a lot of character don't they :)