Murder!!! a type IV tape killed it! They're killers...all of them. Murderrrrrrr!

Define head wear.

This whole thing reminds me my short time at TH where every poor guy showed a photo of their deck's head, the reply was "this head is crap".

A lot more things matter than the tape type when talking about head wear. I bet you there are quite a few type I that are head grinders, more than any type IV.

Then, it's the pad's pressure force. It's not the same for every cassette. Then again, it's the back tension force. It's not exactly the same even across the same deck model. The final finish of the head differs between batches. It's the overall condition of the transport. And so many factors don't come in mind...

One need to make exhausting tests to come to safe conclusions, and I don't think there are such tests published.

Last, I think if a type II or IV were eating a head faster, the deck manufacturers should have mentioned that for warranty reasons.
 
Makymak said:
Define head wear.

This whole thing reminds me my short time at TH where every poor guy showed a photo of their deck's head, the reply was "this head is crap".

A lot more things matter than the tape type when talking about head wear. I bet you there are quite a few type I that are head grinders, more than any type IV.

Then, it's the pad's pressure force. It's not the same for every cassette. Then again, it's the back tension force. It's not exactly the same even across the same deck model. The final finish of the head differs between batches. It's the overall condition of the transport. And so many factors don't come in mind...

One need to make exhausting tests to come to safe conclusions, and I don't think there are such tests published.

Last, I think if a type II or IV were eating a head faster, the deck manufacturers should have mentioned that for warranty reasons.
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I went over all this in the thread and advised him that head wear was subject to many more dynamics than simply using type iv tapes.
But he just wanted to assert that he was correct, so out of pure disinterest and lack of motivation I let him have the last word. He sounds like one of those guys who just tries and fails to make himself heard at the party. Those types are pointless to try and discuss anything with.
 
Never worn out a cassette deck head, ever. I just kept buying more decks, now I have enough to never worry about head wear. Same applies to VHS and Beta machines.
That DIY Moderator is a Jack-Wad, and a very strong point was made that he could never have known what types of tapes were used in those machines.
 
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