Post #2157828
2026-02-17 11:06 UTC
‘Tis #TapeBoxTuesday
SoundMirror Audio Tape, late 40s
Magnetic Paper Tape
Yes it really is Paper!
It’s kinda like Magnetic Carbon Paper
Surprisingly strong, sounds excellent
NO Shedding or Sticky Tape Syndrome
Don't get many in for Archiving, but they are always good & play fine
Playing on Sony TC-785 Auto Reverse, c 1974
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Replies (3)
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@k0stk@mastodon.radio 2026-02-17 14:44
@avavsystems@mastodon.world @obsoletemediauk@mastodon.world Nice! Any possibility of hearing a sample?
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@captainbara@meow.social 2026-02-18 08:51
@avavsystems@mastodon.world @obsoletemediauk@mastodon.world I was under the impression that recording tape came out of Nazi Germany. It was one of the technologies we looted at the end of the war. Its fidelity was superior to the magnetic wire that had been used in the US and elsewhere. Was the 1945 German recording tape already a type of plastic? What problem did SoundMirror think they were solving by using a paper substrate?
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@Gravelvoice@mastodon.social 2026-02-24 01:31
@avavsystems@mastodon.world @obsoletemediauk@mastodon.world PAPER!