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Old 25th Jan 2023, 1:38 am   #15
jamesperrett
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Default Re: Tape Choice for Mastering

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Originally Posted by paulsherwin View Post
Another recommendation for the Japanese formulations if you're buying secondhand/NOS. Although not considered professional stock, they have aged very well and can be tremendous performers with correctly calibrated kit.
Maxell is a safe choice. Most TDK tapes are fine although I have had the odd TDK GX tape that has gone sticky. Most BASF and Agfa tapes are fine although I have had one or two Agfa tapes that were sticky and they didn't respond to baking - as I would have known if I had read Richard Hess's excellent document on the problem first -

http://richardhess.com/notes/formats...grading-tapes/

Apparently Sony tapes are a bit mixed although I don't see many of those here. UK made 3M tapes are often good but I wouldn't use US made 3M tapes - in fact I wouldn't use any US made tapes at all because just about all of them seem to give problems unless baked.
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