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  1. MarkWComer

    what are you listening to?

    Amazing Bowie! A different persona on every album. I didn’t care much for him during his heyday, but was fascinated with him later on. I associated him too closely with Queen, whose gay overtones turned me off.
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    Anyone heard from Andrew lately?

    Andrew lives in Baltimore? I was born there, left when I was 38 years old. Sorry to see this disaster, I crossed that bridge many times.
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    Phase Linear 400 bias, advice

    As it is now, if it’s showing problems, you have problems… I wouldn’t play it any further until some upgrades are done.
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    Open-Reel Tape Experiences -The Good & Bad

    So with “sticky shed” in mind, how long can I reasonably expect new tapes from ATR Magnetics (or elsewhere…) to last? Have binder formulations improved sufficiently to prevent this?
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    Dvd Laser

    Oh, goodness! My house is filling up with “pity to throw away” items!
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    Having failed in this venture, Morris decided to invest in a franchise of the “Broccoli Hut” restaurant chain…
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    Joe 700B ON utube Skylab

    Sounds like he didn’t research what he was demonstrating.
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    what are you listening to?

    OMD was an unusual band, their fourth album really SUCKED OUT LOUD, but changed a bit afterward. I have their first four LPs and a few 12” remixes. I saw them live in DC- two guys on stage, a big reel deck, a “toaster” Macintosh on a table. One guy would load floppies into the Mac while the...
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    Open-Reel Tape Experiences -The Good & Bad

    16mm films have a different issue (apart from the dye fading) where the acetate base deteriorates, warps, and becomes completely unprojectable. I made a split reel so I could wind the film, remove a side of the reel, tape the pancake together, then dump it. A metal tape reel that has the sides...
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    Incredible… Our “society” is at the bottom of a septic tank…
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    NOT a dude, that’s for sure!
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    Is a PL700b and PL2000 for $750 good price

    40 year old electronics will be dangerous! Buy it and rebuild!
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    what are you listening to?

    Discogs also shows an entry for open reel tape. The only other “full album” cover that I know of is Camper Van Beethoven’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk.”
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    what are you listening to?

    Found an oddball at the flea market today. Haven’t played it yet- need to replace the pressure pad and sensor splice. “Abbey Road” full album cover by Booker T. & the M. G.’s. c. 1970
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    I prefer to think I’m on the skin of the sphere.
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