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Dumb question??
Hello all....I was just curious....since we seeing an ever increasing number of R2R tapes, I was wondering how much music can a tape hold?? Say it is a 15ips 1/4" tape....how much music can be on such a tape? Would a 78 minute Mahler symphony fit on one tape?? I remember the furor back in the mid 1980's when new CDs came out with 28 minutes of music (what was on the LP)....
So, please pardon my ignorance here, but I was just curious as I saw some tapes of Bach's solo cello suites that were $210/tape (over $1200 for all six suites) and each Cello Suite runs from about 32 to 38 minutes depending on a player's interpretation... MANY thanks, |
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With a 10.5" reel at 15 ips, I believe you only get 30 mins per side. There are however thinner tape, but I never liked them.
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If I remember from my old underground radio days, a 10.5" reel (2400 feet) at 15 ips plays about 32 minutes. That tape would be 1.5 mil thick. If you go to 1 mil tape you get 3600 feet and it plays for about 48 minutes per side.
You want at least 1 mil tape thickness. 1 mil tape has been fine with the Revoxes, Teacs and Tandbergs I have used. At over $200 per recording, you really need to be pretty hard-core. Last edited by GaryProtein; 07-31-2013 at 12:58 PM. |
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I suspect the people trying to sell these tapes will maybe sell only a small few....heck, even if I had deep pockets I would think twice before spending that much money on a relatively unknown soloist for a set of six suites (despite my passion of the Bach Cello Suites)... Cheers, |
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My deck will not do 15ips.....at 7.5ips I find the sound to be really nice. 10.5" @ 7.5ips gets me about 90min per side.
Are these newly made tapes? I've seen Beatles R2R tapes go for $200, can't imagine the quality is good. |
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