Laurence Payne wrote:
On Wed, 17 May 2006 10:56:41 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In practice, of course, double speeding a 1 7/8 ips recording may not
result in much deterioration since virtually no real to reel machine was
optimised for this speed - it was simply used for logging purposes.

You're thinking pro. 1 7/8 ips was far from unheard of on domestic
machines.
Indeed. I recorded the audio of the first moon landing by putting a
microphone next to the TV's loudspeaker. Still have the recording, made
on a Geloso tape recorder, single speed 1 7/8 ips.

S.