robomatic wrote: I used its headphone jack to get a stereo signal out... Were these pre-recorded tapes? ffrr recordings were generally mono, I think. I wonder if the OP's tape is half- or quarter-track, and what speed? Half-track might be better quality. I suppose a delicate tape could be played back at half speed if the machine allows it; you can double it during the mp3 (or whatever) encoding. My parents' tape recorder, which I used in the 60s, had 3 speeds. I could only afford cheap tape and used the slowest speed IIRC. Many of the tapes went brittle and I threw them away years ago. The earliest CDs I made from my LPs were done in the late '90s (CDDA). I read at the time that they might degrade so I bought a good brand. So far they all seem OK, though I usualy play them as mp3s now.
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