I tried baking a cassette with no luck.  I have several cassettes I bought
several years back that squeal.
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From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:21 PM
Subject: if I knew you were coming I'd have baked a tape


>         I found lots of good information on tape restoration, and the
evolution of
> tape.  I always wondered why my cheap radio shack tape works perfectly and
> my expensive tape made ten years later, does not.  Now I know.
> Assuming that their are other people with recordings on here, old air
> checks, qsts, etc.  Here is a good link.
> http://www.tangible-technology.com/tape/baking1.html
> Once I learned from you guys, that the method is to bake a tape, the rest
> was simple.
>