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In Reply to: RE: Digitizing my 500 albums posted by LtMandella on February 11, 2021 at 11:31:47
Ampex 456 is bad news in that it's very sticky now, look up sticky shed syndrome, it's a thing and Ampex was notorious about it. Now not sure when the transition to better stuff came out but it may well have begun just before Quantegy took over. You are better off with newer stuff. Don't use it.
It'll leave a mess all over your heads and it's a bitch to clean up, just FYI.
Also, it can literally stop down your deck due to this stickiness.
As to why you are digitizing your LP's, you don't say so am going to ask, why? If you are afraid of wearing them out, as long as you check your stylus (or have it checked) periodically and replace when it begins to wear down and keep your cart alingned and what not, you should not have to worry about playing your LP's. Also, if you have older LP's, have you looked to see if they are available in the here and now? Many are. The few obscured LP's may still be out of print.
Now to have easy access to better sounding copies in the analog domain to start with, and to play as part of a media server that's fine, but many times, it's also available through streaming services now. Before streaming you may only have the option of capturing and digitizing, but now, not so much as streaming will usually have what you have already, unless it's been deleted or never streamed as it's obscured.
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Actually my tape is Quantegy 456. Have about 30 boxes of NOS, purchased a decade ago with the intent of using for archiving the LPs. Did a few test recordings last year and no sticky issue found so far, thankfully.[[why]]
Tired or paying $200/month for storage unit. I am retired, will likely be traveling, want to divest of the hassle and expense of storing and maintaining the physical media.
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Edits: 02/11/21
OK, Good that you have Quantegy instead as the formula was changed just prior to the name change. You should be OK.
That makes sense, retired and traveling.
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