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I can only comment on playback
Posted by mhardy6647 on March 10, 2017 at 12:21:36:
-- and I can offer anecdotal information only.
Tapes I recorded in the second half of the 1970s (on the deck shown below -- a decent deck, tho' far from a great one), and which have been generally stored -- shall we say -- capriciously, still sound fine.
So I don't know the root cause of the OP's issues.
Could be the specific tapes (perhaps, e.g., storage conditions).
Could be dirty or magnetized heads/tape path.
Could be alignment.
Media used were mostly TDK SA and Maxell UDXLII. Good tapes.I haven't done too much recording on old tape, though. Not cassette, at any rate.