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In Reply to: Re: Sporadic High Freq. Fluctuations posted by bshapiro on December 12, 2006 at 08:54:19:
Thanks! The pressure pad was the problem; I should have noticed
that. This afternoon I popped into Walgreens and bought a pair of
cheap Maxell tapes with screws in the cases. Upon disassembling the
old and new tapes, I didn't see any noticable differences in materials, etc.used in the cases other than the following:1. Color of the shells
2. Plastic in the old shells seems stronger/sturdier
3. The new liners are clear rather than the same color as the tape
in the old shells; the liners in the old shells show a little
wear, but the tapes have only been played a few times over the
last, nearly 30, years.
4. The the large rectangular piece of metal behind the pressure pad
and spring is much thicker, and doesn't flex, in the old cases.What I did was just replace the presure pads and springs in those
two old tapes. Should I have replaced the liners a well? The old
tapes have no brand name on them; the new tapes are from Maxell
and have "energy efficient and anti-reonance cassette mechanism"
printed on the shells. Is that just marketing hype from Maxell or
is there likely to be anything better about the new shells than
the old ones? Are the new shells likely to be safer for the old
tape?Anyway, the high-freqencies are once again consistent. Thanks
again for the help!
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