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RE: Yikes! A reel to reel that played perfectly fine now wavers in and out. What happened??

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In Reply to: RE: Yikes! A reel to reel that played perfectly fine now wavers in and out. What happened?? posted by jdaniel on October 15, 2007 at 21:52:35

Sounds like that tape isn't staying aligned with the heads, for whatever reason, I've experienced this and it usually means either a marginal/bad tape or that the deck needs service and re-tensioning. Look at the tape as it exits the heads and see if it's steady and true or not.

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