Recent content by bluesboy87

thanks for the input guys. yeah, its not just the meter. I haven't turned it on with monitors hooked up for a while (for this reason), but what i remember happening, is that after the meters peg, its followed by a very loud midrange tone. Of course the monitors would be hooked up to one of the...

lol. yeah man, thats what i was thinking for a while there. leaky power supply caps, leaking ac to somewhere down the chain...hmmm. that is pretty much the way this thing has been. if I used it regularly it would be fine, but leave it off for a few weeks and this is what happens. any...

would this be better off in a different forum perhaps? the analogue forum? I dont want to double post.

tried it. lol. just kidding......of....course... :)

whats going on with this m-512? hey guys and gals, im gonna make one last grasp at help from the knowledge base here, before i pack up this guy and take em to the shop. i have an m512 that has always been cranky, sometimes usable for months at a time, but now....is not. I am going to post a...

thanks for reading through this... I have a tascam m512 that has developed a constant problem...get there in a minute. When I bought it a few years ago, it had an issue where occasionally the meters (all of them) would peg and flash the peak lights, and would then be rendered useless. this...

I'm looking for an Electro harmonix lpb 2ube, in basicly any condition. If you have one to sell you can email me at: blues_boy39120@hotmail.com Thanks.

i can find repair shops, i thought someone might would recomend a tech they've delt with before. there favorite tech or someone they know........

i know im not the only one with stuff that needs repairing.

anyone?....

Hey, can anyone recomend a good place to send a fostex m80 to for a repair/tuneup job? The closer to Memphis the better but really anywhere. I think I've just thrown the capstan belt, but if i remember correctly (from looking at the tech manual) I dont really have the tools necessary to set it...

the capstan on my model 80 (fostex, as if you dont know) stopped! but before i open up this guy.... is the capstan "belt driven" or direct. if it is direct it may do me no good to open it cause theres nothing i can do about it right now. anyway please inform me before i dig in! thanks guys.

hmm ok. acually its in a memorex 90 box so im assuming thats what kind of tape it is. there not permenantly my tapes so i didnt want to run them through and destroy them! thats allso why i cant bake them. im not sure about the tempreture, he keeps most his place at like 70 degrees or so, for his...

hey, how old to tapes have to be before this is a real threat. i have some 8 track reel to reel tapes from 1985 that i want to play, but dont want to gunk up evrything. iv read about baking tapes and all that but thats not an option at this point. so what are my chances of playing this without...

cool! im here