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In Reply to: RE: Can a spliced cassette tape ruin a deck? posted by vinyltapecd on June 23, 2009 at 18:37:22
If the tape is truly valuable, I would have the deck checked out by an expert and adjusted. I would try a number of other tapes and transfer these to computer and make sure that you have the process down correctly, including level settings that are appropriate for tapes of the type in question.
Then, and only then, I would play the valuable tape. I think you can clean up a little residue on the desk if a bad splice causes problems. It is necessary to regularly clean all of the parts in contact with the deck in any event. This is just routine maintenance.
Old tapes may have loose oxide and this sheds. Hence the first playing may be better than a subsequent one. You want to have this first playing properly recorded in the computer. It may have fewer dropouts.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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