| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 189.1 | | SIVA::FEHSKENS | | Wed Nov 20 1985 16:29 | 9 |
| From what I understand the "pros" all use the "plug in" kind. See the
profuse documentation Tascam provides with any of their decks. Note
that a hand held demagnetizer can do all metal parts of the tape path,
not just the heads. The risk with one of these is turning it on near the
deck - a no-no of unbounded proportions. I store mine in another part of
the room to remind me to stay away from the deck until I've turned the
demagnetizer on.
len.
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| 189.2 | | KATADN::BOTTOM | | Thu Nov 21 1985 08:14 | 8 |
| My Tascam owners manual says that the heads should be demagnitized every
time you record (once daily if you work that often). They recommend the
plug in kind. When demagnatizing the heads with the tape deck power on
you can damage the preamp circuits. All metal parts should be
demagnatized and care should be taken not to touch the heads with the
demagnaitzer if the tip is not plastic coated.
dave
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| 189.3 | | ERLANG::DICKENS | | Thu Nov 21 1985 09:28 | 6 |
| I once heard that you can use a soldering iron as a head demagnetizer.
I tried this with my cheap Sharp stereo deck, and it did seem to help a lot,
but I don't think I'll try it with my new Tascam
-Jeff
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| 189.4 | | SIVA::FEHSKENS | | Fri Nov 22 1985 12:07 | 5 |
| re .3 - good grief, you're not serious are you? I'd be scared of the
heat screwing up the magnetic properties of the head, never mind the tip
not producing a strong enough field to do any demagnetizing.
len.
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| 189.5 | | ERLANG::DICKENS | | Fri Nov 22 1985 15:11 | 7 |
| I actually did it, but I plugged in the the iron, and immediately brought
it near the head and then pulled it away before it warmed up. I remember
that it did cause a marked improvement in the sound, but then that beat up
deck had probably never been demagnetized before. (admitted hack)
-Jeff
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