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Audiophile question...
I've been asked by my father-in-law to transfer a cassette tape to CD - it's an impossible to find, very rare tape of Walter Brennan. The problem is that the tape will only play so far - about 3/4 of the way - before it binds and refuses to continue. My cassette deck is very sensitive and if it encounters resistance above a certain threshold it stops or reverses the tape. It does the same thing on fast-forward.
I've wound the tape to the end and back several times. I've taken the reels and moved them to a new case. I've repeated the back-and-forth winding. It turns by hand without any appreciable difference in resistance, but it's a no-go in the equipment.
Any ideas? I suppose I could wire in my Walkman and brute force my way, and though the fidelity would be somewhat less than what my deck offers it would (possibly) get the job done...
I've wound the tape to the end and back several times. I've taken the reels and moved them to a new case. I've repeated the back-and-forth winding. It turns by hand without any appreciable difference in resistance, but it's a no-go in the equipment.
Any ideas? I suppose I could wire in my Walkman and brute force my way, and though the fidelity would be somewhat less than what my deck offers it would (possibly) get the job done...