InquiringMind is quite right about the transference of signal from one part of the tape to another. This is a well know problem with audio tape. The strength of the recording is more important than the tightness of the tape winding.

This defect is a repetition of the recording. I've heard it before on music tapes. Yes, I'm old enough that cassettes was once my preferred music medium. A load passage followed by a quiet one is where you hear it. Like a strong ending to a classical music. You can do it yourself. To make it easier to hear, saturate the tape and record the signal too strongly.

I've never noticed it on my LSC tapes, but there is lots of hiss on the portable player I use for listening to the tapes.

You are perfection.
Iam2

P.S. Sandy is correct. There are other audio artifacts possible. Even CD players have artifacts. They don't demonstrate an echo, but they still suffer from channel (left vs right) cross talk. This is not the

[This message has been edited by Iam2 (edited November 25, 2003).]