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Laurence Payne lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom 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.

But not optimised?

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