Topic: What's Better than Sony DATs?

[F.O.Bean]

good point bean and only run the cleaning tape through once..when it is done, toss it.  never rewind and rerun a cleaning tape...you would just be reintroducing the crap it may have cleaned from your deck before...back to your deck

also a great point nick

[blu666z]

Is there a problem with cleaning for longer than 10 secs or is it just overkill?

-Kevin

[Brian Skalinder]

Is there a problem with cleaning for longer than 10 secs or is it just overkill?

The dry cleaning tapes are a bit abrasive and will wear your heads unnecessarily if run too long.

[super-phat-al]

really? you can't reuse them?  I knew you couldn't rewind them but i thought you could use them again.

[Brian Skalinder]

really? you can't reuse them?  I knew you couldn't rewind them but i thought you could use them again.

Using them multiple times - but with a fresh strip of cleaning tape every run - probably isn't technically re-use.  Just ongoing use.  You're correct - it's rewinding and reusing that's the issue.