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Originally Posted by Ted Kendall
There was a service bulletin on the Revox B710 discouraging routine use of a demagnetiser on the grounds that it led to premature demagnetisation of the capstan motor rotors. In practice, these machines seldom mag up outside of fault conditions.
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Of course demag tools come in various shapes, sizes and strengths of field. A slightly magnetised cassette head would hardly need the power of an Annis Han-D-Mag. Hopefully technicians used their common sense.