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here's a video i made of the issue.

reading the manual more closely, i just had another thought. in many parts of the test procedure it says to replace this or that spring if something is out of alignment. this Porta Two had a decent amount of internal oxidation on the metal parts. two connectors had disintegrated and i had to...

yes!! that's what has me scratching my head. that's all it seems to say on the subject. the manual is bilingual, and i ran the Japanese description thru Google Translate, but it's identical. (hey, worth a try!) what would be the typical procedure in this case for adjusting pinch roller...

the former. i do have the service manual here. it's a bit skimpy IMO and the only relevant information i found, on my first read-thru, is the tension checking procedure for the pinch roller, which i have never done, and i'm not sure is even relevant. but it might be.

hi folks, hoping someone can help with this issue. i've got a Tascam Porta Two here that i'm fixing up. i replaced all four belts in the tape mechanism (all were stretched out) and now i'm encountering a strange problem. when i try to play a tape, the heads rise up and make contact, but the...

Anyone here figured out a good way to get clean punch ins and outs on the Tascam 388? I get nice clean punch-ins, but punching out always leaves a half-second gap behind. I tried cheating by using the REC FUNCTION buttons to turn tracks on and off during recording, but it didn't really seem to...

Hi all. I just bought an SM57 from Amazon.com. It arrived just now and I'm having trouble deciding if there's something wrong with this microphone. First of all, the plastic grille on the top of the mic is LOOSE. Not loose that it's falling off, but it can be twisted left and right freely. Is...