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Serge Auckland 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.

As I said used for logging where quality didn't much matter. ;-)
Would you have used 1 7/8ths for recording a prom?

And I operated the Ferrograph which logged NASA in the studio. At 1
7/8ths. Quality didn't much matter though. Still might have some of the
triple play 7" reels used which were disposed of after. No use on pro
machines.

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