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unless you want to wear out the motor and shorten the life of your 4 track, running at high speed is really not going to be worlds apart from running it at noon (half-speed). if one needs a more hi-fi sound, i'd argue that that person shouldn't be recording to cassette in the first place.
run the recorder at noon, avoid metal tapes at all costs, keep your heads clean but don't be obsessive about it (you don't need to clean and demag every time you use the recorder) and keep the alcohol away from the rubber parts. type II high bias tape at all times, don't worry about going over 60, but if you can keep it at that, it's the ideal. from 60 onwards the tape gets thinner.
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