howdy, all, I was wondering about the problems inherent when a reel of tape packs onto the reel with some deformation showing in the packing, ie., it may manifest as flat spots in the pack or wavy spots and/or humping as opposed to normal arcuate packing, and what appears to be a radial lines/areas visible in the library wound, packed tape. I saw some of this on Richard Hess's site and was wondering what effect this has on tape, both during play and for long term storage/use. On one tape I note this effect, I do not seem to hear any playback problems, perhaps more careful listening will be needed, in others, there are audible issues. Also, tapes having this problem also seem to have problems where the tape does not pack flat, there is often areas where the tape edges are high or low on a couple of laps, or a fair section of the pack will have tape edges alternating high and low as the tape packs onto the reel... thanks