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Post Subject: Deterioration over timePosted by scooter on: 6/14/2011
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I had some experience with tape in a professional environment in the early 90s.
What initially struck me was sound quality of a few newly made good recordings. However, a significant % of tapes IME over time suffered clear sound quality deterioration and, not entirely unrelated, visible physical deterioration. Some tapes were not worth restoring (e.g. stuck together) and some were likely unrestorable.
Of course all storage forms suffer deterioration overtime even without use and I suspect CD-Rs and spinning HD platters are the most vulnerable. But cheap RAID and offsite options render this a non-issue for anyone who cares. Records are a different story obviously but then again maybe not. . .Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site