[kragen]

Well, the tape may not survive its second pass across the read head, so it's good to capture the analog waveform in as much fidelity as possible.

[hunter2_]

I wonder if they'll find it suitable to bake [0] the tape first, which is quite popular in the audio restoration world but I'm not sure how much it applies to computer tape.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky-shed_syndrome

[debugnik]

I don't know much about tapes but it seems to apply, since the post mentions it:

> I'm hoping I don't have to bake it, since that takes a day