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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Auto-reverse decks and head alignment
Message-ID: <9678@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 17:02:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  1 17:02:56 1985
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> I have heard for quite some time that auto reverse decks exhibit
> the behavior of improperly playing one side of the tape. The
> explaination that I was given was that the head physically
> moves to do the reverse operation, and it is difficult to
> align the heads for proper frequency response on both sides.

Damn straight.  My autoreverse deck in the car has taken to playing
both sides of the tape simoultaneously from time to time.

-RON